CCW at Texas Renaissance Festival

[Jacobus Rex]

Does anyone know if anti-concealed carry signs are posted at the Texas Renaissance Festival? I'm planning on going and want to know if they prevent permit holders from carrying.

Thanks,
James

[MrMurphy]

I was there and I don't remember seeing any except a couple of the beer serving places had 51% signs. I was not carrying, but i had a shotgun in the truck, a very sharp sword I know how to use on my hip and three knives in various places on my body, and my ex-fiancee had a dagger nobody but me could find. :)


This is, aside from the shirt, what I was wearing the same day (Had a blue shirt that day) on a later occasion with the new shirt.

[MrMurphy]

And here's my warfighting gear at Combined Realms War VII about two months ago.

[jfruser]

The one down in Waxahachie is posted with 30-06 signs, unfortunately.

Kinda ridiculous, considering all the sharp steel & bludgeoning weapons as "props."

Bring your sword, leave your 1911 at home.

[MrMurphy]

Yeah, with a sharp steel 32" blade I know how to use and 3 knives, I didn't exactly feel unarmed either. And the fact that 85% of the people there DON'T know how to use their weapons except as props is nice for me. :)

[DigMe]

MrMurphy,

I hope you don't wear that stuff to the mall. :neener:

brad cook

[Ohen Cepel]

Don't know about Texas.

However, in MD you'll never get a permit to carry and there are tons of signs even banning custume weapons. (Not that I was going to get dressed up)

Makes the sheeple happy I guess (d*mn socialist MD:cuss: )

[CAS700850]

MrMurphy:

I think I have the same sword on my wall. Firestar, right?

For better or worse, mine is for show. i prefer the distance that accompanies a firearm.

[MrMurphy]

Starfire. Except mine is sharp. :)


At least it was... needs touching up.

Jacobus Rex, I'll be there this year, wearing pretty much the same thing (one or the other of the stuff in the pics) with some friends.


While I too prefer firearms, I'm also a swordfighter and medieval weapons type, so I'm comfortable with the short range stuff. Give me a recurve bow and I can really ruin your day.

If you can spot the G30 in the pic of me on the horse, you're VERY good.

[outofbattery]

I don't remember seeing any except a couple of the beer serving places had 51% signs.


Out of curiosity , what is a 51% sign ?

[Jeeper]

It is illegal to carry in anyplace that makes above 51% of its money from alcohol.

[DigMe]

It is illegal to carry in anyplace that makes above 51% of its money from alcohol.

From alcohol that is sold for on-site consumption. Liquor stores are fine but not bars.

brad cook

[SMLE]

From alcohol that is sold for on-site consumption. Liquor stores are fine but not bars. We need to get the NM CCW law amended to match.

[The_Antibubba]

Couldn't you bring an arquebus? :D

[berettaman]

How about a G30 in a custom Kydex cod piece.:what:

[Pete1953]

My daughter and I have attended two festivals, one in PRNJ and the other in PA. In PRNJ, the LEO and sheeple get upset at sharp weapons even in costume. Where can I get high quality dull :( dagger for my daughter, a maiden and weapontry for myself. Also where can I find out about period dress.

[MrMurphy]

Pete, see your PM... I sent you a bunch of sites.

[Jacobus Rex]

Now that it has started again for this year, how about 30.06 signs? Did anyone see any this year? I'm still planning on going but want to know the carry situation. They used to have the bogus "no guns" signs at the entrance. I'm hoping they have not figured out they are useless.

James

[jfruser]

The Ren Fest in Waxahatchie had legal-beagle 30.06 signs.

[DigMe]

The Ren Fest in Waxahatchie had legal-beagle 30.06 signs.

I think you already established that. We're talking about the Texas Renaissance Festival, not the Scarborough Fair.

brad cook

[armoredman]

Nice sword - what's that dead thing on your head? Sorry. I didn't see any signs at Scarborough Faire in Texas last time I went, but that was ten years ago - they may have even changed the name by now. What a blast, though! Couldn' afford the cheapest sword there, so got a short sword from a local guy for $125, spring steel. It went bye bye a few years back...:(

[MrAcheson]

Yup all the ones I know of in the northeast have no weapons signs even for costume stuff. I believe its an insurance thing.

[carebear]

MrMurphy,

Are those the tails of a "peace knot" in the first picture?

I've been reading more and more lately about Western M.A., specifically the sword (just finished Hutton's "The Sword and the Centuries). Would you mind PM-ing me that list of suppliers also? I've found a couple online through other sites but am not really qualified to judge quality.

Thanks

[MrMurphy]

Yeah, it's a rawhide bootlace (works well, looks period) however, it collects moisture and makes the sword rust (use a chain!).


The dead thing on my head is a "muffin cap" which many people of the time wore to keep their head warm or look good. A predecessor of the beret and various similar hats.

[carebear]

The dead thing on my head is a "muffin cap" which many people of the time wore to keep their head warm or look good. A predecessor of the beret and various similar hats.

I think you misspelled "silly". :D

[MrMurphy]

To quote myself correcting many non-garbed idiots "No, I am not a French Chef... keep insisting I am, and I will fillet you with my sword!" :cuss:

[mec]

Keep in mind that at the R festival it sometimes happens that one of the women anachronists- generally wearing a chain mail bra, will kind of climb up on you and wrap her legs around you. This is good but she will certainly "make" your ccw. " Is that a pistol in your pocket or, are you just happy to see me." Mae West.

[Warbow]

What's Combined Realms War?

[M2 Carbine]

Cool Murph,
My buddy was there. He usually sends me a CD of the pictures he takes.
I hope he got some of you,
but he's got a thing for the chain mail babes.:D

[MrMurphy]

The group I fight with is called the High Fantasy Society... each city's group is considered a "kingdom" as they run the game their own way due to local conditions (minor rulebook differences, etc). Once a year, all the "realms" combine for a big war (big being relatively speaking, for us, that's 120-150 guys/girls fighting on the field and another 50-60 running about off the field, for three days. Compared to the SCA's Pennsic War in Pennsylvania, lasting a week or two and having THOUSANDS of participants, we're tiny).
So that's the Combined Realms War.



And since my girlfriend was on my arm the whole day, no chain mail babes wrapping anything near me. :)

[thatguy]

Do you really feel the need to be armed at a Renaissance Faire? I see lots of questions like this about "Can I carry at..." or "How do I carry at..." and some of these places/events strike me as not someplace I would really need or want to go armed. Expecting to get mugged by manical court jesters?

[Warbow]

Sounds fun. I was reading about this one group called the Society for Creative Anachronism (I think), and they do these big medieval battles with bows and everything. Does your group have archers?

[Range Ninja]

This past Saturday at the Texas Renaissance Festival, one Brandon Smith, a 23 year old man on leave from the Navy was stabbed 19 times in the paking lot at 7:30 pm and pronounced dead at the Conroe Regional Medical Center. He was attending the festival with his sister and friends when he got into an arguement with a group of men and this was the outcome. Now how do you feel? Just remember,it always happens when you're not expecting it or where you're expecting it.

BTW this article is in the Sunday edition of the Houston Chronicle, City&State section B3.

[carebear]

If I'm "expecting" to get mugged anywhere, I don't go there.

Carry 100% of the time, you'll never not have it on the 1% time you need it.

Carry "now and then" and it'll be when you don't have the 1% will occur.

Murphy's Law, not mine. :)

[SMLE]

The Society for Creative Anachronism has both combat and target archery. Combat archery uses golf tubes for arrows with padded points. Target archery uses field point arrows with period style bows. Lamainate recurve bows ar OK, compound bows are out. Long bows and Mongol/Hun type bows are preferred.

Check out this link; http://www.sca.org/chivarts.html

On the subject of this thread, most SCAdians I know are also gunnies. They tend to have plenty of sharp pointy things about as well. A cry of distress at an SCA event will be answered by folks ready, able and equipped to act. At least that MY expereance in the SCA. I can't speak for all of the Knowne World. particualry the East coast, Europe and Australia.

Myself, I carry ALWAYS. I'm even going to look into some custom garb that will allow me to carry safely and DISCRETLY at events.

[Warbow]

Holy crap. I guess that answers thatguy's question about need to carry at a renaissance festival.

Thanks, SMLE. Yeah, I knew they weren't real arrows. ;) I think the article was on the Primitive Archer (http://www.primitivearcher.com/index.shtml) website. It looked like lots of fun.

[Model520Fan]

"There are many things more horrible than bloodshed; and MY blood shed is one of them."
Model520Fan, 2004

[MrMurphy]

That was half an hour after i left! Whoah.


And I had a sword and four knives on me. I came in with three knives and added one more. :)


Yes, i feel the need to be armed. And the SCA= Society for Creative Anachronism (one of the original medieval groups).

At any HFS event, you can also count on large numbers of people with sharp objects and the knowledge of how to use them being handy. Just in my little group of people (10) we had 6 swords and about 20 knives. At CRW we had 200 people around that I counted offhand, and aside from on the actual battlefield, we had several dozen real working swords, axes, daggers, knives, etc plus about five or six shotguns and a couple dozen pistols I know were "around" in various cars and locked boxes.

[thatguy]

"He was attending the festival with his sister and friends when he got into an arguement with a group of men and this was the outcome."

How do I feel? I feel like I would prefer to avoid arguing with a group of men. Must have been a Hell of an argument if somebody felt the need to stab him 19 times. Maybe better to just walk away? But it does sound like a lack of security. Lawsuit city to follow.

[MrMurphy]

There were deputies at the entrance, and several more around for basic security, but the parking area is about 10-15 acres, and the actual Ren Faire is over half a mile across I guess.

[eagles1181]

I know this is raising the dead, but anyway...

This arguement from what I have heard (good friend of mine is best friends with the sister, so I trust the source) is that the group of men were making cat calls at her, he told them to knock it off, and they took it personally. Not really a good chance to back down.

Eagle

[wdlsguy]

As long as this thread has been resurrected, I'll just say that there were no 30.06 signs evident when we attended a few weeks ago. Looks like this is the last weekend for this year's festival.

http://www.texrenfest.com

[gunny1022]

Concerning the restrictions of anything more dangerous than a butter knife in the Kennedy NE, Texas still has the frontier mentality that maybe there is a Comanche around the corner so you can be armed. Interesting statute, still on the books, does not allow Bowie knives in saloons.