Did something similar a while back.Dragonfighter wrote:IMO, you should pick your fights. The Ft Worth Show has cops in the parking lot and cops inside. Plus Will Rogers is not Fair Park and there are plenty of armed citizens. So I generally unload and carry in.
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Once when I was attending a show in Mesquite I dropped the clip and carried it and a pair of wire cutters in an ankle rig. They asked, "Are you carrying?" I said, "Yep." Presented my Glock action open, they tied 'er up and I went about my happy day. On the way out I stopped by a waste basket outside, clipped the zip tie and locked and loaded. I felt better all the way around.
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I arrived at the gun show, unaware that they would prevent concealed carry. They told me that I could not carry or even have the ammo on me. I unloaded and handed my magazine, plus the two spares, plus the round from the pipe, to my wife and said "OK?" and they said, "Yup just so you're not carrying ammo on you." and they tie-wrapped my gun.
When we left I pulled the gun and cut the tie with my knife, and reloaded.