I went to a gun range in North Miami a long time ago. The front door was plastered with stickers and signs. Somewhere in the midst of the clutter, they had a notice telling people not to enter with loaded firearms. I did not see it. I don't stand and read all the crap on store doors to see if any of it matters. If something matters, don't bury it in a sea of decals.
I had a loaded pistol in a bag, because, hello, I was going to shoot. For some reason, the belligerent lardpie behind the counter asked to look in the bag. He saw that the gun was loaded, and he was very snotty about pointing out the sign on the door. He said something like, "Don't you ever, EVER come in here with a loaded gun again." I didn't. I never went there again for any reason. The shop disappeared, so I guess the community gave him a nice lesson in customer relations.
Not sure what his policy was all about. I have entered lots of stores and ranges with a loaded carry piece, and I haven't killed anyone yet. Not even a belligerent lardpie. Maybe there has been a rash of guns in zippered bags jumping out and shooting people, and I just haven't read about it.
Nothing is worse than an insecure gun shop or range employee who feels like he has to lift his leg on everyone who walks through the door. Way to welcome people to the cause. I should have invited him to shoot beside me so I could shame him in his own business.
This was not the only disappointing gun shop in Miami. I used to buy guns at Garcia's National Gun. I bought a Smith & Wesson 686+, a Desert Eagle .50 AE in hard chrome, and a few other things. I believed in supporting local stores and trying to develop a relationship. They never remembered me. I could have bought a Sherman tank, and they would not have remembered. They always treated me like a number. They never acknowledged me when I came in. Maybe it was because I wasn't Cuban; that happens a lot in Miami. Anyway, I gave up on them and started buying wherever was cheapest. They weren't rude. I just felt like they didn't care at all about my business.
I bought a gun off Gunbroker and used a Miami FFL. The gun came from Classic Firearms, and it was a K31. The FFL claimed the gun showed up loose in a box with no magazine. Classic Firearms said he was crazy. They said they didn't ship guns that way. They were nice about it, though, and they sent me another rifle. Go, Classic Firearms! I used that FFL on another occasion, and I had to chase him for days to get my gun. Once he showed up at my house to deliver a gun, and he was wearing a pistol on his hip, unconcealed. As far as I have been able to determine, there is no law allowing Florida firearms dealers to carry openly.
I think maybe he was nuts.
I went to a gun show in Hollywood, Florida. Some idiot had a pamphlet about Rudolf Hess on his counter. The impression his display gave was that he had a hot, sweaty crush on Hitler. Exactly the kind of racist wack job liberals think of when they think of gun owners. The show banned cell phone photos. I wanted to take a picture and email it to the promoter, but they probably knew and didn't care, because it was an established show that made a circuit.
I took my concealed carry "course" at a little shop in Miami. The guy who gave me the lecture was telling me how close assailants had to be before I could pull a gun. He cited a certain distance, and then he said, "But not if they're, you know, big n***ers." It's a funny thing, but many Miami Cubans tend to assume any white person with a southern accent is totally on board with the N-word. Anyway, in case you're wondering, if tall black men attack you, you don't have to let them get as close as Caucasians. It must be true, because I heard it in a concealed carry course. Not sure what the rule is if they're short.
There are a lot of nice people among firearms enthusiasts. And a fair number of jerks and kooks. I shouldn't complain. They're much better than the obnoxious prizes you come across over and over in saltwater fishing.