I went to a gun show yesterday, and as per usual, there is a sign on the door at the venue clearly saying that all guns entering need to be checked by the police officer, no loaded guns past this point. Pretty standard. I walk in and set my gun I was trying to sell or trade on the table, and wait for the officer and the man in front of me to get finished doing what needed to be done, so I could get it checked and zip-tied. This 20-something child walks in and just cuts in front of me (which really pissed me off) and asks if all guns need to be checked and the officer tells him yes, just like it says on the door. This moron says OK, pulls out a 22 loaded pistol and starts to clear it right there (yes, there was 1 in the chamber), flagging the lady selling tickets sitting just to the left of the cop. I'm was about to jump all over his case for cutting the line in front of me, but when I saw what was transpiring, I got out of the way and let the officer handle the situation (as much as I wanted to grab the gun and jerk him off his feet by the stacking swivel for both his disrespect and disregard of other people's safety). It ended with the officer escorting the idiot to the door, giving him back his gun and mag, and telling him he's lucky he's not in cuffs. These are the kind of entitled people who think that the rules and commion sense are for everyone else, who end up having accidents and giving the rest of us a bad name.
I've always been annoyed that I can't bring my CCW gun loaded into a gun show as long as it stays in the holster, but I understand why things need to be dumbed down to the lowest denominator to mitigate the stupidest of us from causing a potentially deadly accident. Yet, despite the simple instructions and safeguards, an idiot will always find a way to screw things up.
