Close call at a gun show this AM

[GaryS]

The sellers I've seen have extra cable ties and have cut the ones on the gun to let a customer inspect it. Not all the time, but if someone is a serious customer and not a window shopper I've seen that.

Then they just put another tie on after the customer is done.

Hard to do when most show promoters require cable ties securing the actions.

 

[GaryS]

Good to see someone following the rules of gun safety, I've seen some scary stuff at gun shows and even at FFLs.

The below must be a NY thing. I've been to gun shows in MA, NH, AL, and now TX. While they all ask if you're carrying a loaded gun, they accept whatever answer you give. They all have signs at the entry about no loaded guns.

I started a few years ago just locking my gun in my truck and going in.

If they ask if I have a loaded gun, I'll just say no. If they look like they have sense of humor, I'll say I'm just here for the beef jerky.

Anyone coming in through the Public Entrance/paid customer,,if you bring in a gun, it must be checked in. You show your DL, the gun is checked to make sure it's unloaded,..Magazine removed if equipted.
Gun is tiewrapped closed and tagged with your ID and guns info.

 

[greenwellg]

If you don't make sure, it's on you. If you are not sure then make the seller make sure while observing his actions for flawed checking. There aren't any accidental discharges, just stupidity.

 

[ralph7]

So, did you buy the rifle?

 

[GypsmJim]

I go to that show twice a year - Fall and Winter. I can't count the number of guns and stuff I have bought there over the years.

The security I have encountered is quite good. I can't believe this happened. Someone screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[glenncal1]

Hard to do when most show promoters require cable ties securing the actions.

Well that wasn't the case for the OP. And at least if tied correctly the action is partially open so it can be checked.

 

[dm1215]

Well done, I was at a show some years ago and someone picked up a handgun off a table and pulled the trigger and "BAM", dead silence, then the police get on the PA system.

 

[Golddollar]

Well done, I was at a show some years ago and someone picked up a handgun off a table and pulled the trigger and "BAM", dead silence, then the police get on the PA system.

I was at a gun show quite a few years ago. I heard a "BANG" and then saw the fellow who was hit crumple to the floor. Since I was just a short way down the same row that has been seared into my mind.

 

[wundudnee]

Once on vacation I stopped at a gun shop. I spotted a Winchester on a rack accessible to customers. I asked if I could check it out. I got permission and opened the action. Like the OPs case it had a round chambered and a full magazine. I asked the owner if he knew this rifle was loaded? I thought he might faint. He said he had two employees that were shooying it in the shops basement the night before and that they had some explaining to do.




I have been to one gun show and one farm sale where I heard guns go off. I get kind of upset if someone looking at a gun muzzle sweeps me at a show. I usually let them know instantly.

On the Winchester slide action open hammer rifles you have to let the hammer down to open the action. That requires pulling the trigger or pushing the firing pin down to release the action. I was at a show once and had to show the door checkers how to open one. I think about all the guns displayed with muzzles pointing out to the aisles and wonder if they are all really checked.