Gun Show

[fredj338]

The solution to this whole mess is, just don't go.

We are back to common sense vs ideology. How many criminal attacks have occurred at a gun show? So threat level is pretty low. I would have no issue carrying my loaded mags, go ahead & zip tie my gun when I enter the show grounds. It will take me about 5sec to put he gun back into working order for my trip thru the parking lot. If not, I always carry a fighting folder. I don't & can't carry every where I go, so not going isn't a good option for many of us. Be more confident in your ability to avoid trouble.

 

[Seanhagerty]

Missouri law says signage does not carry the force of law. If asked to leave, you must do so.
The below quote was found at http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/57100001071.html?&me=concealed and is from the Missouri Revised Statutes.

2. Carrying of a concealed firearm in a location specified in subdivisions (1) to (17) of subsection 1 of this section by any individual who holds a concealed carry permit issued pursuant to sections 571.101 to 571.121, or a concealed carry endorsement issued prior to August 28, 2013, shall not be a criminal act but may subject the person to denial to the premises or removal from the premises. If such person refuses to leave the premises and a peace officer is summoned, such person may be issued a citation for an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars for the first offense.

Personally, I dont thnk its worth the trouble and unload and leave it locked in the car if I go inside.

 

[Camster]

The vast majority of gun owners have lousy gun handling habits. I know you feel better than everyone else, but experience has shown you don't. If you want a demonstration of poor gun handling, attend any gun show. If I knew that idiots with loaded guns were inside, I'd want to leave. Basically, a huge number of gun owners and carriers are idiots. Room temp IQs. They feel they have the right to point their loaded gun at others. Some say they'll never do that. And then they get upset with customers pointing guns at them from across the room. I really prefer those guns to all be empty.

Most shootings and accidents inside the shows are because someone decided to ignore the rules. Then they want a "pass" on their criminal act. Make no mistake about it, discharging a firearm inside a gun show where some poor fool gets shot is criminal. If you do it, and someone gets shot, you need to go to jail. The longer, the better.

Those who feel the gun show promoter shouldn't have the right to regulate who comes in are better off not going. I sure don't want to be in a hall with them. They're careless. Too much so to be allowed out on their own.

Visit any range if you want to see poor gun handling as well.We all know that for a fact.
I now only go to a very strictly run range,as it's a miracle that my other available range doesn't have daily shootings.On my last visit to that one, a guy and his non gun bud were doing all sorts of stuff with a Smith 500 behind me.I yelled out to keep it on the shooting line.Odds were pretty good that the gun was loaded too ,but regardless of that fact,handing it back and forth,the muzzle in every direction,just isn't cool.A very long moment after that,one said to the other,"What's his problem??" The place gets a lot of guys that make a long drive,probably only shoot once a year,and no one is going to limit their fun or tell them what to do.These were not kids,but guys in their fifties,who should have a tiny bit of sense.