What?! unload and check in your weapon?

[NEOCON]

I stopped by Gander Mountain in Evansville this evening after work to check out some electronic predator calls (hey they have a nice selection). So on the way into the store I see a new sign just inside the door that says "All guns need to be unloaded and checked in at counter NO EXCEPTIONS" I could not believe it!. I pulled my shirt down and went right in with my XD (that I had bought at the very store)carried IWB. I won't be going back and intend to call and write the manager letting them know my feelings on unarming me while in their store.

 

[Scutter01]

Wow! That's a complete 180 from corporate headquarters' stated comments! Let us know what you hear back!

 

[Fenway]

Sounds like a great way to get someone shot by accident

So on the way into the store I see a new sign just inside the door that says "All guns need to be unloaded and checked in at counter NO EXCEPTIONS" I could not believe it!. I pulled my shirt down and went right in with my XD (that I had bought at the very store)carried IWB. I won't be going back and intend to call and write the manager letting them know my feelings on unarming me while in their store.

 

[melensdad]

Just curious, was that sign something that looked like it was printed up on the store's computer printer, or did it look like something that came from corporate? There is a store in Merrillville, not to far from one of my retail stores, I'll try to get in there in the next couple of days to check it out. I wonder if they have a similar sign? I've carried in that store in the past.

 

[Bigum1969]

I go into that store once in a while in Evansville. I haven't noticed that sign.

I'm very interested in hearing the response from Gander Mountain.

 

[Cwood]

I was in the Gander Mountain in Greenwood on Saturday and they had a sign that said that all weapons must be unloaded and in a case. The last line on the sign stated that people with LTCH we excluded from this requirement.

 

[Prometheus]

I was in the Gander Mountain in Greenwood on Saturday and they had a sign that said that all weapons must be unloaded and in a case. The last line on the sign stated that people with LTCH we excluded from this requirement.

+1 The one in Merrilville / Hobart' has the same signage. At first glance one could miss the "does not apply to".

 

[Cwood]

I do not remember the exact verbiage but it did exclude persons with a LTCH.

 

[Scutter01]

Maybe I'll stop by the Castleton one and check theirs out too. I bet it was just the Evansville store manager getting a little bit uppity. GM already went through this fiasco once, which is why they put up the signs exempting LTCH holders to begin with.

 

[NEOCON]

It was a big sign probably 24"x18" or so looek like any of the other signs in the store advertising specials.
It was the first time I had noticed it, I was there last saturday getting the shears sharpened and did not notice it then.

 

[ar15junkie]

We have those kinda signs at the local gun shows too. I just laugh and keep on walking..

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Yeah, you do realize that this sign applies to those who are bringing in those firearms to the gunsmith or to be sold/traded...

Those who are wearing weapons for their own defense, concealed or not, don't have to take their weapon out for any kind of checking.

-J-

 

[quiggly]

Sounds like a great way to get someone shot by accident

Just need to go in and walk right up to the cashier and pull your pistol.
Then pull the mag and unload while the poor kid has a terrified look on his face. Yeah that would be the thing to do...

 

[glockguy07]

Just need to go in and walk right up to the cashier and pull your pistol.
Then pull the mag and unload while the poor kid has a terrified look on his face. Yeah that would be the thing to do...

The sign told me to!

 

[JetGirl]

The last line on the sign stated that people with LTCH we excluded from this requirement.

Yep. Here, too.

 

[rhino]

The sign at the Terre Haute store also has the exception for LTCH holders. The sign is for guns that are brought into the store for repairs, trade, or sale. I don't have a problem with that, but they should be explicit at all of their stores. Maybe they only post the "good" sign at stores where people have complained?

 

[VanillaThunder]

ditto for the store in Fort Wayne...

I was in the Gander Mountain in Greenwood on Saturday and they had a sign that said that all weapons must be unloaded and in a case. The last line on the sign stated that people with LTCH we excluded from this requirement.

 

[NEOCON]

Ok I finally got to talk with Brian a manager who was / is a complete idiot when it comes to IN gun laws. The rule applies to ALL GUNS not just the ones being brought in for trade or work by the gunsmiths. No exclusion for those of us with a valid LTC. He says that if he can see it it needs to be unloaded and tagged. If he cannot see it he cannot say anything but you are running the risk of being asked to leave the store and possibly banned. He stated that the store was not the state of IN but was private property and they make their own rules. He also said that IN has concealed carry permit and your weapon had to be concealed. Meaning no open carry. I tried to explain to him that it was a licence to carry a handgun and nor a concealed carry permit and he got stupid and said he knew what it was he had had one all his life. I just asked that when we were done talking to pull the little pink piece of paper out and read it for himself. He stated that it was company policy and not a store policy after asking several times.
If anyone would like to call and express their thoughts to the manager the # is 812 473-9117 I myself do not plan to go back to the store until they change their policy.

 

[Scutter01]

I'm 99% certain that he's mistaken about it being company policy. I think a barrage of (polite!) letters to corporate headquarters might be in order.

 

[cougar_guy04]

He stated that it was company policy and not a store policy after asking several times.

If it's company policy, then why do most other GM's in the area say, "This does not apply to CCW holders"?

Sounds like a lot of other managers I've dealt with . . . suffering from an acute case of rectal cranial inversion.