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I'm so not confused about the predisposition to "no carry guns" allowed. To be clear, I adamantly disagree with the policy. But lets consider the numbers, vis a vis either Walmart *or* a gun store (super shop or not). Let's say in a population there's 1% irresponsible population. Maybe drunk drivers, ground diggers that don't search underground gas lines, whatever, making up stats for the sake of argument. So, unfortunately 1% (or whatever) of gun owners are slack with the 4 rules. So,100 owners frequent a gun store a day. 1 (1%) demonstrates bad adherence to safety. One. What if there is a gun show with 1,000 attendees *per day*? That's 10 safety violations each day, 20-30 over a weekend.
Essentially, sadly there will be some greater or lesser percentage of the gun owner population will be unsafe. 1%? 3%? 8%? Whatever. The greater the population at an event, the greater the NUMBER of unsafe occurrences, statistically. Perhaps the percentage increases due to new/uninstructed attendees, perhaps not. When I approach a gun range, shooting event, etc, I expect some level (hopefully less than 1 individual percentage, meaning zero) of safety errors. The point is, regardless of the inevitable percentage, the larger the population, the greater probability of safety violation. Given all that, I don't appreciate the disarm requirement. But I accept the event's best effort to minimize the statistical chance of a negligent discharge. If you are part of the (assumed) 99%, you're not the problem. I am part of the 99%. I'd just appreciate not being a victim of the 1%.
Keep in mind the xxx% of errors do not include the permitted CCWs that may ignore the entrance rule and have a lapse. Whether one accepts the rule, or not and is a responsible carrier is up to the individual. The chance of a negligent discharge is real in the population. The need to return fire [blink blink] on a negligent discharge I'd guess is REEEALY small. Regardless, I'll go or not, I'll carry conceal or not, I'll not support or decry either side
-jb, all about the math, maybe