bayouhazard wrote:Superman wrote: The reason is because it would make it VERY difficult for me as the business owner to identify whether someone was stealing or not. How do I know you didn't just bring in that bag of skittles and not just take it off my shelf and open it up? It's not that I would be anti-candy, but I would have a much harder time running and protecting my business. Same reasoning for the 30.06 at gun shows.
That makes a lot of sense. Except that most firearms have serial numbers but Skittles and iced tea don't. So the dealers bound book would prove what is his inventory, versus what's another dealers inventory or personal property of an attendee.
It is not practical for vendors to be checking serial numbers on anyone they suspect of theft. It's much easier to simply have the processes in place so the vendors don't have to worry about that. Serial numbers are not really an issue.
Here's what would probably happen in the case of the theft. The thief would get caught trying to leave because their gun does not have the proper security measures (the stickers) and they can't produce a receipt. So the security calls over the police, the thief gets arrested and the security/police hold the stolen gun until the close of the business day. Once the show is closed for the day, the organizers announce for the vendors to check their records for the gun with the serial number so they can return it to the vendor (don't even really need serial numbers to do that). Crook goes to jail and the gun is returned and back on the market the next day.
Seriously, put yourself in the vendors shoes and imagine having to "prove what is his inventory, versus what's another dealers inventory or personal property of an attendee." How exactly would you do that, even with serial numbers? (rhetorical question...you wouldn't).
Heisenberg wrote:A much bigger problem with that reasoning is most shows do allow people to bring their own guns to sell or trade.
The simple truth is the 30.06 sign only applies to people with a CHL carrying a handgun. It has no bearing on the majority who haven't passed the class and background check. It's likewise meaningless to people carrying long guns.
Therefore, posting a 30.06 sign does nothing but show how the management feels about training and background checks.
Have you ever brought your personal gun into a gun show? Have you not been to a gun show and seen the police inspecting and zip tie them open? They zip tie it open with a specific colored zip tie. That color is so they know which guns are personal and not from a vendor (which are zip tied with another color). Another thing they do is vendors put a certain colored sticker on the box of guns that were purchased so that security knows that you did not get behind a counter and simply pick up a gun and try to walk out. That process protects the vendors from theft, while also allowing personal transactions to take place inside the show. I don't see where the "bigger problem" is...
