It's happening once per show and everytime I point out how unsafe the gun handling is at the 1500 I just get open mouths and shrugged shoulders.
Someone, not me (because I carry a framing hammer at gun shows), is going to get shot dead by some doofus with his Kel-tec because he does not understand that each and every time you load or unload the weapon can discharge. I have been told over and over throughout the gun culture to "just unload it in the parking lot". Parking lots do not have magic force fields.
Unloading it does NOT make it safe and by coonfingering the gun it creates another opportunity for it to go bang. IF we must jack with the guns at the gun show because we are playing with the lowest common denominator, then for the love of John Browning let's get a safe fiddle area instead of having 38th Street or riccing into Jasper's smelly beer gut as a backstop.
Probably in a holster too. No accidental nailings or kneecap smashing if he doesn't play with it.You seriously carry a framing hammer?
So all the ND always happen when people try to unload their gun before they get it?
It's never a guy that didn't tell he had a loaded gun on him and for some reasons took it out of the holster to play with it inside?
Im just curious.
I agree that a safe area to unload is a must if you are asked to unload.
But if for some reasons you decide to stay armed then do it but dont take the gun out of the holster at any time.
It's even safer than having to take it out, rack the slide on a live round in front of people and realoading after.
Probably in a holster too. No accidental nailings or kneecap smashing if he doesn't play with it.
Don't point the gun at me!
Bad, Cledus, no fried catfish!
Well, I'm sure you won't get many to admit to doing this, but yeah, IF you've gone ahead and entered the 1500 with a loaded gun, then for goodness sakes, don't unholster it or touch it.
But I tend to agree with the current requirement of clearing all weapons before entering the 1500 -- and keeping 'em that way till you exit. The show organizers just have to consider making an area designated for that purpose.
I was coming out and I heard people saying that someone had ran over an empty soda bottle in the parking lot.
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It's no longer about the venue,
it's minimal insurance requirements and how much money can we bring in.
They would be just as happy selling aquairums and goldfish
if they saw a demand.
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It's no longer about the venue,
it's minimal insurance requirements and how much money can we bring in.
They would be just as happy selling aquairums and goldfish
if they saw a demand.
It's happening once per show and everytime I point out how unsafe the gun handling is at the 1500 I just get open mouths and shrugged shoulders.
Someone, not me (because I carry a framing hammer at gun shows), is going to get shot dead by some doofus with his Kel-tec because he does not understand that each and every time you load or unload the weapon can discharge. I have been told over and over throughout the gun culture to "just unload it in the parking lot". Parking lots do not have magic force fields.
Unloading it does NOT make it safe and by coonfingering the gun it creates another opportunity for it to go bang. IF we must jack with the guns at the gun show because we are playing with the lowest common denominator, then for the love of John Browning let's get a safe fiddle area instead of having 38th Street or riccing into Jasper's smelly beer gut as a backstop.
I will only go to that gun show when they have sand barrels approved by Kirk!
Having something like that doesn't look too expensive.I really dont know why they dont have them.
Wait so you fire your weapon into that? Isn't dropping the mag and cycling the bolt or racking the slide a simple enough of a procedure?