I own 15 handguns, 3 long guns, 3 shotguns and a high powered air rifle so it should be obvious to the most casual observer that I am not anti-gun.
I cannot see for the life of me why anyone would get upset because he or she can't carry at a gun show. Even after having heard that in some places it's against the law and even after folks have explained the possibility of insurance issues, some of you hardliners are going to test the rules and carry anyway. WHY? I really want to understand your reasoning. Do you folks carry in bar-rooms and honkey tonks? Why would you? I just can't understand the reasoning behind your statements. I don't believe that show promoters are afraid you might take your gun out and play with it as some of you have alluded to. I believe they are trying to protect themseves from possible lawsuits because some person popped off a negligent discharge. It happens and it is not an unusual occurance.
Last week I bought a shotgun and two boxes of ammo at Wally World. After I showed my hunting license, my driver's license, my CCW license and my retired military ID card and after the clerk called in a backround check on me, I was not permitted to carry the gun or the ammo out of the store, a manager had to walk me to my car and watch me lock them in my cars trunk. Why do you suppose that was? Because stores have been held up and people have been shot by folks who just bought the gun and ammo.
As I said previously, you hard liners who break the rules just because you judge them to be unfair, are the same people who will scream "unfair"at the top of your lungs when government revokes the priveledge for all of us to carry a legally licensed concealed weapon because you broke the rules, just because you wanted to.:banghead:
Please tell me why, I really want to know and don't pop 2cd Amendment rights on me. The 2cd Amendment does not give anyone the right to break the law.