Cabelas - Check all firearms
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I should also mention that this was a grand opening and it was very busy. Also the sign said "For your safety" and there were 3 police cruisers outside and a cop at the entrance by the way.
22-rimfire
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You need to check in any gun that you will be exposing. For example, if you are looking for a holster for your carry gun, check in the gun (unloaded of course). Otherwise, I believe the sign does not apply to carry weapons.
MattShlock
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The three police cruisers' occupants were there to shop -- where else would they be and what else would they be doing during a Grand Opening. It's not like there's CRIME out there to be stopped... Jeez!
Steve CT
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The sign at my local Cabela's (Connecticut) specifically exempts CCW holders
They ask to check all guns at all cabelas, they just mean returns and stuff in case some idiot leaves a round in the chamber like that guy at he gunshow a few months ago. They do not mean CCW.
Also they have cops at lots of grand openings, chik filiet, Krispy cream, they are media/crowd events.
Also they have cops at lots of grand openings, chik filiet, Krispy cream, they are media/crowd events.
Sam1911
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Yup same in PA. Check guns at the door if you'll be trying on some grips or a new holster for it, or if you're taking it in to get some work done or to do a sale/trade.
If it's going to be in your hands during your visit, clear it and check it with the nice folks up front.
Personal protection guns in holsters stay in holsters.
If it's going to be in your hands during your visit, clear it and check it with the nice folks up front.
Personal protection guns in holsters stay in holsters.
The Lone Haranguer
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They don't mean your CCW.
CmdrSlander
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It has been this way in Kansas forever.
CmdrSlander
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I think it is just standard procedure. They don't hold onto them, they just chamber check them and stick a chamber flag in them if you didn't bring one with you.
bigdogpete
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All 3 stores in NE are this way. Company policy.Just walked in to a brand new Cabelas in Michigan and they had two guys set up at the entrance behind a stand that read in huge lettering to "Check in all firearms"
Needless to say, I didn't.Nor did I see anybody else...
What gives?
MachIVshooter
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Most every gun shop or sporting goods store that deals in firearms out this way has a similar sign. Some specifically state that CCW is exempt, but that is the intention of all. If it's staying in the holster, you don't need to check it. If you're going to be fiddling with it in the store, they want it cleared.
I don't get uptight about these signs, I know exactly why they are there. People can be stupid, and accidents can happen. My sister was nearly shot with a .270 when she worked at the LGS; It was only because another employee stopped the man from demonstrating whatever it was he intended to that the loaded rifle leveled at her chest didn't get discharged. "Oh, I thought it was empty", he said. 20' away with a .270, I am very thankful for the other employee. That would not have been a survivable injury.
I don't get uptight about these signs, I know exactly why they are there. People can be stupid, and accidents can happen. My sister was nearly shot with a .270 when she worked at the LGS; It was only because another employee stopped the man from demonstrating whatever it was he intended to that the loaded rifle leveled at her chest didn't get discharged. "Oh, I thought it was empty", he said. 20' away with a .270, I am very thankful for the other employee. That would not have been a survivable injury.
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Every store that I have been to with "check firearms" signs, 99% of the time it is for firearms to sell/trade/try grips/holsters/accessories. A gun store owned by a friend of mine in Georgia put up the signs because he has had firearms ND IN THE STORE because some yahoo was trying a holster without unloading it. There is only one place I know of where a check firearms sign includes CCW, and I don't go there much anymore.
This was in Saginaw, MI. A quick google search will show you how bad it is... :banghead:
BSA1
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Sounds like you didn't read all of the fine print.
The local Cabelas here in Kansas also states on the same sign that concealed carry weapons are permitted as long as they remained concealed.
However bringing a exposed firearm into the store is a major pain in the rear. My daughter and I went into one recently with her Ruger SR9C looking for a holster for it.
Their weapons check policy is really beyond silly. Check the gun at the counter, clerk checks it to ensure that it is empty and procedes to tie it open so it is impossible to fit the gun in a holster, logs gun in by serial number, calls for a associate to escort us back to the gun department, cuts off tie so we can try how the gun fits in several different holsters, then escorts back up to the front of the store when we leave.
In the meantime unknown number of customers are walking around with loaded concealed handguns...
Gee...get a clue.
The local Cabelas here in Kansas also states on the same sign that concealed carry weapons are permitted as long as they remained concealed.
However bringing a exposed firearm into the store is a major pain in the rear. My daughter and I went into one recently with her Ruger SR9C looking for a holster for it.
Their weapons check policy is really beyond silly. Check the gun at the counter, clerk checks it to ensure that it is empty and procedes to tie it open so it is impossible to fit the gun in a holster, logs gun in by serial number, calls for a associate to escort us back to the gun department, cuts off tie so we can try how the gun fits in several different holsters, then escorts back up to the front of the store when we leave.
In the meantime unknown number of customers are walking around with loaded concealed handguns...
Gee...get a clue.
JVaughn
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Not me. I don't have a problem with them checking guns to be repaired or outfitted to be sure they are empty, but no way they are logging mine in and out.
Cabelas is our friend from all indications, and I support them; but I wouldn't be doing this.
MedWheeler
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Yep. When I do go holster-shopping, I bring my prospective purchase to the gun counter and fit it with one of their guns. The guns I'm most-often holster-browsing for are common enough that the stores usually have one.
That only applies to firearms for service or sale. The Cabelas here in ID states CCW allowed with permit.Just walked in to a brand new Cabelas in Michigan and they had two guys set up at the entrance behind a stand that read in huge lettering to "Check in all firearms"
Needless to say, I didn't.
What gives?
rcmodel
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Sounds like a great idea to me.
Some idjit shot his grandson in the head in the parking lot at the Kansas store unloading his gun to take it inside last fall.
Inside the store is a much more target rich invironment for idjits to bring unchecked guns into!
http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/crime/...-shooting-at-cabella's-in-kansas-city,-kansas
rc
Some idjit shot his grandson in the head in the parking lot at the Kansas store unloading his gun to take it inside last fall.
Inside the store is a much more target rich invironment for idjits to bring unchecked guns into!
http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/crime/...-shooting-at-cabella's-in-kansas-city,-kansas
rc
Sam1911
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Personally, I'm very uncomfortable with the "attractive nuisance" created by establishments that encourage or require their patrons to unload and clear their weapons outside the store.
This is clearly a side issue to the Cabela's question here, but I think it is an important one.
Gun shops, and even worse, gun SHOWS, don't want the liability for (and to give up the space to) provide a clearing barrel and monitored safety/clearing area. But instead they encourage (not overtly, but de facto) folks to be fooling with their loaded guns out in the parking lot. That's really a poor situation, but very, very common.
We've even seen that a lot in the match shooting community: Folks know they're supposed to prepare for the match by arriving on the line with their gun unloaded, hammer down, and holstered. Instead of using the provided safe areas, we'll find folks clearing their weapons in the front seat of their car, out back in the trunk, behind a tree, or even in or behind the plastic Porta-Johns!
Providing an area to safely unload and clear a weapon should be absolutely a matter of course. (Heck, in states with silly "no guns in bars" rules, there should be a clearing barrel next to the entrance!) The fact that we don't expect this of ourselves and our favorite stores is a failure of basic gun safety!
This is clearly a side issue to the Cabela's question here, but I think it is an important one.
Gun shops, and even worse, gun SHOWS, don't want the liability for (and to give up the space to) provide a clearing barrel and monitored safety/clearing area. But instead they encourage (not overtly, but de facto) folks to be fooling with their loaded guns out in the parking lot. That's really a poor situation, but very, very common.
We've even seen that a lot in the match shooting community: Folks know they're supposed to prepare for the match by arriving on the line with their gun unloaded, hammer down, and holstered. Instead of using the provided safe areas, we'll find folks clearing their weapons in the front seat of their car, out back in the trunk, behind a tree, or even in or behind the plastic Porta-Johns!
Providing an area to safely unload and clear a weapon should be absolutely a matter of course. (Heck, in states with silly "no guns in bars" rules, there should be a clearing barrel next to the entrance!) The fact that we don't expect this of ourselves and our favorite stores is a failure of basic gun safety!
I've never been in a store that had this. In my LGS we walk in with guns in our hands all the time, never had an issue. If someone told me (especially concerning my carry gun) that I had to let them check it I would walk out. I get the reasoning behind it, and I know some people are stupid but just like gun laws, everyone shouldn't be assumed to be their worst but allowed to carry on with their business unless shown evidence to the contrary.
There are quite a few LGS's around here that have "Unload all Weapons before Entering" signs on their door... only a few bother including "except your CCW" or whatever.
I always assumed they didn't mean your CCW, but never asked because I didn't want to get the "Boy, you ARE as dumb as you look" response
I always assumed they didn't mean your CCW, but never asked because I didn't want to get the "Boy, you ARE as dumb as you look" response
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