CC restrictions in Gunstores..

[mbliss57]

I stopped by GM and another large shooting range gun shop last night to do some window shopping. Maybe I am nuts but why would a store that sells ammo and guns and have a range require you to check your guns at the door. No loaded guns allowed. Is this normal in all states..Ohio is pretty gun friendly. This struck me as very odd.
The employees at the range all open carried firearms yet they didn't want me in there if I had a concealed/ unconcealed loaded gun...yet the teach CCW classes.

The GM store actually wanted all guns checked in when you walked in. Maybe they would put a zip tie through the lock works I didn't ask.
Now that I think about it they do that same at all gun shows..just not sure I understand it.
It's like double talk..." buy your CCWs here but you cannot use it here."

 

[getoff]

yeah, bass pro is like that near me. they do not however ask if you're packing. i work part time at a LGS with a small range. we do insist that any guns to be used on the range be clear. there is a sign on the front door that says "no loaded guns allowed, unless you are LEO". its mostly for the dopes. any and all of the regulars carry concealed, and as long as it stays that way, we don't have a problem with it.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Being gun friendly many who carry want to show them to others that have a similar interest.

To many bullets bouncing around gun shops. Maybe..?

 

[Old cop]

This seems to vary from place to place. The range I currently belong to allows loaded open/concealed weapons while the former range/gunstore did not. I believe they're trying to keep things safe, I've seen some pretty dumb things from people walking into a gunstore w/a loaded weapon, then unholstering to show it to a clerk or someone else. Seems pretty silly to have your customers check or unload their weapons.

 

[ClayCow]

Probably more chance of ND with holster/reholster. I wouldn't visit that place if they made you do that.

 

[dougb1946]

Everybody goes to the gun store. The person who has never touched one to Roy Rogers. GS doesn't know who to trust, so makes a rule to cover everybody. You might be safe, but they don't let the guy who might shoot you carry loaded in the store either.

 

[Mainsail]

General Motors?

Cabela's here has a similar sign but it's referring to guns you intend to remove from the protection of your holster. We can carry openly or concealed without 'checking' the gun in on arrival. If you intend to test fit your gun to their holster, they want to check it first. Not unreasonable.

Believe it or not, but there are stupid people that own guns. The store doesn't want a customer trying to jam a loaded handgun into a holster with other customers around.

 

[arjay]

They've probably seen too many goobers trying out holsters using loaded guns...

 

[shotgun693]

There's the chance that their Insurance requires it.

 

[RJJ 1971]

General Motors?

Cabela's here has a similar sign but it's referring to guns you intend to remove from the protection of your holster. We can carry openly or concealed without 'checking' the gun in on arrival. If you intend to test fit your gun to their holster, they want to check it first. Not unreasonable.

Believe it or not, but there are stupid people that own guns. The store doesn't want a customer trying to jam a loaded handgun into a holster with other customers around.

Gander Mountain is my guess.

 

[mbliss57]

Gander mountain yes

 

[raylan007]

Think Gunsmoke, Check your weapon upon entering town. Don't **** with Marshall Dillon.

 

[TexasArmed]

I have a choice in a number of GS. One good one with a good selection unfortunately has an unenforceable sign. Because of
that I bought my last three guns at the GS with no such sign.
It may not be enforceable but I am not as comfortable being there and ignoring the sign although i was told that it was for people
trading their guns and not for CHL carriers like me.

 

[wahoo_oh]

I was at the Gander Mountain in Sheffield Village OH yesterday. There is a sign on the front door stating that all guns must be checked at the service desk, but the smaller print below that says "This does not apply to CCW permit holders."

They just don't want you taking the gun out your holster while you are in the store.

 

[Cal44]

The gun store closest to my home has the following sign on the door:

“Guns Are Welcome on the Premises. Please keep all weapons holstered unless need arises. In such case judicious, marksmanship appreciated.”

 

[CoMF]

That's odd. The "Bubba Moun'n" in my area has a sign on the door that says CCers and OCers are specifically exempt from their escort requirements.

My understanding is that they only require it when you're bringing a firearm in for sale, service, or gunsmithing.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

yeah, bass pro is like that near me. they do not however ask if you're packing. i work part time at a LGS with a small range. we do insist that any guns to be used on the range be clear. there is a sign on the front door that says "no loaded guns allowed, unless you are LEO". its mostly for the dopes. any and all of the regulars carry concealed, and as long as it stays that way, we don't have a problem with it.

Maybe I'm reading the situation wrong, but my assumption would normally be that this represents what is intended in most places where such restrictions are posted. It means, "Don't take out your gun to play with it, do show and tell, check out a holster, or any any other stupid maneuver you may have had in mind. Don't even let anyone see it." The sane people are already following that, anyway, so it doesn't affect them. The idiots wouldn't quite manage to follow if they were instructed what I quoted, so the LGS owner just posts a no-carry policy.

Makes sense to me. There may be one or two states where that policy has a different legal effect, and a responsible license holder stays on top of such things.

 

[petepeterson]

I was at the Gander Mountain in Sheffield Village OH yesterday. There is a sign on the front door stating that all guns must be checked at the service desk, but the smaller print below that says "This does not apply to CCW permit holders."

They just don't want you taking the gun out your holster while you are in the store.

That's how the sign in a GM in western PA reads. There's another nearby store that politely requests that you do not unholster or uncase loaded firearms in their store. Makes sense to me.

Their store, their rules. I certainly wouldn't want someone doing something I disapproved of on my property.

 

[scooter123]

First mbliss57, if you live in NE Ohio why are you wasting your time at Gander Mountain, Fin Feather and Fur is so much more suitable and has better prices.

That said here in Michigan the closest Gander Mountain only requires firearms that will be handled in some fashion be checked at the door. Keep you concealed firearms concealed and they do not need to be checked. What this means is that if you are going to have a new scope mounted or have a handgun you might trade in, those do have to be checked at the door.

In my area local gun shops have no problem with their customers carrying loaded firearms. However one shop does feature a notice at the door that any customer drawing a firearm from concealment does so at risk of getting shot. I was recently in there and decided to do a bit of holster shopping for a new to me 19-3 and needed to ask the salesman to remove my concealed handgun so I could tryout the new holster I was interested in for fit. Standard practice in that event is your firearm will then be unloaded and you cannot reload it in the store. As for why, too much history of LEO's and Civilians shooting themselves in the backside while holstering a loaded firearm.

 

[MJB]

No problem with CC at my local GM.

Big problem with stupid prices.