Liberty wrote:maximus2161 wrote:
Anyway....as a rule I would not do that but in these two occasions I didnt feel unsafe and it was done at their promting. But I have never done that in any other store. Usually if I need to take a firearm into a gun store for something like sights, holster, parts, etc. then I keep the gun in question unloaded and cased while carrying concealed another gun.
I understand the intent and your reasoning is good. But if you think about it, the unloaded gun in the case is "concealed" Is it legally any different than carrying a gun loaded in a holster? ... a fanny pack?
I don't have an argument about whether it makes sense to have a gun unloaded in a gun shop when you bring it in or not.
As far as the law is concerned, an empty gun and a loaded gun are both deadly weapons. There's no differentiation made in the law, as far as I have ever read. What I am getting at here is what can be prosecuted for under the law, not what makes sense to you and me. Once you take the gun out of its case in a gun shop, you are violating the law. Additionally, by the logic you just set forth, a non-CHL holder carrying a gun in a case without even opening it up anywhere except his home, traveling in a vehicle, or to and from a range is already in violation of the law by having a concealed handgun, including when he is in a gun shop. The court is going to enforce the law, not what you and I think. Under the law as it is, a person can be prosecuted for having an unloaded handgun in a gun shop, and that's not right.
