There were some people to whom I chose not to sell firearms, based solely on my 'feeling' about them. This was back before NICS, so the only obstacle between someone I judged the planet would be better off not having a gun and the gun on my table was me. The guy at the next table might sell them one, but it wasn't going to be me. There are some folks who just plain shouldn't be armed.sailor2000 wrote:[quote="austinrealtorIf you don't trust people, then why would you want to sell them (or facilitate a sale to them of) firearms?
On the 'trust' issue and operable firearms in gun shows, I will relate the following experience. We usually had a fairly large display, 9 to 11 tables on an end cap. You tried to have your head on a swivel and eyes in the back of your head, but you just couldn't watch everything every second. As I completed a transaction with a customer, I saw a man with a revolver from which he had removed the 'tie' strap applied at the front door. He was going through my revolver ammo display, opening the boxes, removing a round from each box and attempting to chamber it. He had several opened boxes and now loose rounds of different sizes laying on the table. When I approached and stopped him, he explained he was trying to see what size fit his gun.
There is something about gun shows that brings out the stupid in lots of folks who would ordinarily know better. The dealers are probably the worst offenders. They were responsible for all the NDs I witnessed. Probably because they were the most likely to have access to operable firearms. I guess I am just sensitive, having had a 9mm fire in my general direction (thankfully it was angled up at about a 40 degree angle over my head) when a dealer decided to drop the hammer to put a tie on the Uzi he was holding.[/quote]
A CHL holder will not have his piece out without just cause. Just cause is not seeing if a holster fits, or which box af ammo fits his gun. If it is out without just cause that person has violated the meaning of concealed carry, and the concealed carry law. My guess is that, the instances mentioned above the people were not CHL holders. So why restrict the law abiding?