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rotor wrote:

TreyHouston wrote:

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The Annoyed Man wrote:

rotor wrote:

338winmag wrote:It's on government property. They can't stop you.

Went to the Wichita Falls Gun and Knife show yesterday which is on City owned property and couldn't believe it was posted 30.06 and 30.07. The deputy sheriff people manning the entrance were actually part of the illegal act of keeping licensed people out of the show. I did not enter but apparently the deputies (I guess off duty) were requiring people to unload their guns and use one of those plastic ties to enter or put their guns in their cars. So we have LEO people illegally denying lawful entrance into a gun show on City of Wichita Falls property. Of course by the time any action can be taken the show will be over. Email to sheriff and city manager done. They lost my business at that gun show. Signs will be down on Monday as show will be over. Posted to Texas3006.com

Just out of curiosity...... was there anything keeping you from simply concealing your gun and walking right on in?

My gun was concealed but to be honest I did not want to risk the chance of being arrested even though I know I could beat the rap. I also had a discussion with the two deputies asking them how come the place was posted, etc. They did not seem knowledgeable about the laws of posting on government property but were very courteous and I figured that I would fight this through the City Manager and file an AG complaint if needed. Hopefully this type of posting will not happen again. Joe Tom White, who runs the gun show has not responded to my emails. Still waiting on the Sheriff and City Manager but it is the weekend.

Why do people keep thinking will be arrested for misdemeanor? Cops don't want to do hours of paperwork. The worst that would ever happen is you were written to ticket! It is up to the courts to decide if you "saw" the sign and IF they will stick to the $200 ticket. Dont forget according to last years statics you have more of a chance being arrested to speeding than the 0% LTCers "caught" for trespassing!!!!!!

So I didn't want to waste my time paying or fighting a $200 fine. I didn't go in and I won't go in because of the mentality of the gun show promoter. I could have put my gun in the car and fought it later but I didn't. If this was a valid sign than it would have been class c but there are some places it is class a. It was not a valid sign (I know that). The deputies working the door did not seem too knowledgeable about anything that they were doing and I don't know how they would have handled the situation. Much easier to avoid and fight through channels than to start trying to teach LEO the law. I will let their boss do that ( and he still has not responded to my email).

rotor wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:

rotor wrote:

338winmag wrote:It's on government property. They can't stop you.

Went to the Wichita Falls Gun and Knife show yesterday which is on City owned property and couldn't believe it was posted 30.06 and 30.07. The deputy sheriff people manning the entrance were actually part of the illegal act of keeping licensed people out of the show. I did not enter but apparently the deputies (I guess off duty) were requiring people to unload their guns and use one of those plastic ties to enter or put their guns in their cars. So we have LEO people illegally denying lawful entrance into a gun show on City of Wichita Falls property. Of course by the time any action can be taken the show will be over. Email to sheriff and city manager done. They lost my business at that gun show. Signs will be down on Monday as show will be over. Posted to Texas3006.com

Just out of curiosity...... was there anything keeping you from simply concealing your gun and walking right on in?

My gun was concealed but to be honest I did not want to risk the chance of being arrested even though I know I could beat the rap. I also had a discussion with the two deputies asking them how come the place was posted, etc. They did not seem knowledgeable about the laws of posting on government property but were very courteous and I figured that I would fight this through the City Manager and file an AG complaint if needed. Hopefully this type of posting will not happen again. Joe Tom White, who runs the gun show has not responded to my emails. Still waiting on the Sheriff and City Manager but it is the weekend.