Video cameras catch dishonest gun dealers

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I’m curious about when and how the thefts occurred. The news link was pretty non-specific. Was it during the time the show was open to the public? Or before opening or after closing when sellers were hauling their wares in and out?

I was also wondering about the statement: Wanenmacher said. “If a customer tried to do it they would be stopped and caught by security guards at the door.” The only time I’ve ever had a purchase checked when leaving, was at a large Crossroads show and that was only to see if a little dot sticker was on the gun. And a lot of the sellers would have sheets of the stickers sitting out on their tables. I’ve never been checked at a small local show.
 
They announced the Parker theft during the show Saturday. Couple/few hours later they announced they'd caught the guy. Didn't hear about the others until later.

The dealers have specific entrance/exit doors. Security doesn't check the dealers at those but do check the public at their entrance/exit doors.
 
That's why

I deal with only ONE customer at a time and don't let anyone other than this customer handle anything. Also, all my guns on the table are attached by light fixture chain to a common bar, attached to the table. Along with this, my table has a post with a video camera with a six hour tape pointing at the table top. I've never lost a thing in 20+ years.
 
The guy on the left looks like Hershel from the Walking Dead. He's too honest to steal from anyone!
 
Outstanding!

Man am I glad to see this. Thanks to the OP for the link.

Of the three thefts my wife an I have had over the years, 2 of the 3 were other "dealers".


That Tulsa show is such a crowded affair that the couple times I did it I was a complete jerk about people handling long guns and had to cable them down AND put "do not handle" tape across them.

One of those particular turds is widely known for having no acquaintance whatsoever to ethics or morals in the field of vintage 1911s. Having pulled off the myth that he was the "go to" Yoda of 1911s for so long - folk were surprised when he turned out to be behind a group of fellas forging rare 1911s and then having him be the "authenticator" of the very pistols he oversaw being faked.

Hope he and the others ROT!

Todd.
 
Considering what George Lucas and Steven Speilberg have shown us is possible with video imagery I cannot even believe that it is allowed as evidence in a Court of Law. I can still remember being taught in school in the 60s that audio tape recordings were not allowable in any U. S. Court as evidence because it was so easy to alter it. Anybody else remember National Lampoon's "The Nixon Tapes"? They altered hundreds of hours of tape and you got to "hear" Nixon confess to the entire Watergate cover up. In his actual voice.:scrutiny:
 
It shouldn't matter where it is stolen from. Requiring a license for someone who sells firearms makes about as much sense as requiring a license for someone who sells chain saws or shovels or steel pipe. It's just another tool.
 
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