AEA wrote:fickman wrote:I don't give my business to places posted 30.06 ILLEGALLY when I have another option.
On top of that, the shows around here have gotten increasingly expensive (to park and enter), crowded, offer less and less discounts (plus, most vendors will upcharge you a % for running a credit or debit card), and have become filled with less considerate members of the gun community.
I'd rather give an independent gun dealer, a small shop, or a big box store my money.
Plenty here disagree with me.Kinda fixed it for ya!
But I also don't go to places that post 30.06 LEGALLY.
I had a back-and-forth with the Original Fort Worth Gun Show owner on his Facebook page - before he deleted the posts. He said his attorneys insist that it is enforceable (it's not) because it is a private event (I cited ALL of the laws to him verbatim; he just ignored it and posted his response). He also claimed ANY intelligent person would understand and agree that having loaded guns in a crowded room was a bad idea, because there's just too much going on, and when you add loaded guns, negligent discharges become more likely.
He then cited that they've already had ND from dealers, which I knew, and retorted that this fact only bolsters my case. I was there once (High Caliber show in FW) when a ND happened.
I responded with the following facts:
- Concealed is concealed. If a CHLer carries a concealed gun into the show, he cannot intentionally fail to conceal it. He can't wheel and deal with that particular firearm, or unholster it to look at accessories. It's concealed. He can leave the premises, unload it, clear it, declare it, and re-enter if he wants to show it publicly.
- He's using the same argument that anti's use (more guns = more accidental deaths)
- They already have NDs. From "unloaded" (we all know how that goes) guns. Which also means that anybody could load one of those unloaded guns and go on a rampage, wiping out a defenseless gun community. It's far too packed to assume the policeman at the door could make it through hundreds of people in packed aisles to stop the BG before major casualties resulted.
- Furthermore, they aren't patting down or using a metal detector, so we should assume that BGs are already carrying past the check-in station.
- I reasserted that Will Rogers is a government owned building, and that renting it out for a weekend for a private event doesn't change that.
Instead of replying, he just deleted my posts, which I expected. He didn't come across as pro-2A and definitely sounded inherently anti-CHL. He's only pro-2A as far as it benefits him financially. He won't get my money. . . and I'll use whatever small voice I have here to try to spread the word of the exchange and influence others.