Is it worth the hassle to carry?

[nakinate]

I haven't been to a 1500 in about 10 years. Is it worth the hassle to carry if I have to clear my gun and whatever other nonsense they ask you to do? Leave it in the car? Leave it at home?

 

[Snapdragon]

The only advantage to carrying around an empty gun is if you want to get accessories for it. I took my S&W model 10 into the Valpo show unloaded to look for a holster. (Didn't find one either. There doesn't seem to be anything in between the $15 crap holsters and the $75 primo holsters.)

 

[Bunnykid68]

CC and keep your mouth shut, they are not patting people down or wanding them

 

[nakinate]

CC and keep your mouth shut, they are not patting people down or wanding them

Good to know. I was assuming they did.

 

[LoriW]

no, they go on the honor system

 

[churchmouse]

I haven't been to a 1500 in about 10 years. Is it worth the hassle to carry if I have to clear my gun and whatever other nonsense they ask you to do? Leave it in the car? Leave it at home?

Take it, clear it, do not leave it in the car. Thieves paradise out there.

 

[Dosproduction]

When is the next 1500?

 

[LoriW]

This weekend upcoming

 

[Snapdragon]

Take it, clear it, do not leave it in the car. Thieves paradise out there.

Good point, CM.

When I went to the Valpo show, there was a big jar at the door that you had to unload your gun into. I'm assuming that since there was all sorts of mixed-caliber ammo in there, you could not get it back when you left. I went back to the car and unloaded there, since I had six rounds of SD ammo that I didn't really want to give up.

 

[Snapdragon]

no, they go on the honor system

Why do they call it the honor system again?

 

[Birds Away]

This is one of the reasons I haven't been going lately. I hate leaving the mags in the car and carrying empty. Something wrong with a gun show that is anti-gun.

 

[pudly]

Why do they call it the honor system again?

Honor (def)- honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions

Yup. That pretty much sums it up.

 

[churchmouse]

This is one of the reasons I haven't been going lately. I hate leaving the mags in the car and carrying empty. Something wrong with a gun show that is anti-gun.

I am with you on this but just watch the butt heads and A$$ hats (not all but enough of them) that are wielding guns around willy-nilly. There are enough AD's as it is. Sad when they have to dis-arm for the safety of the general public.....

 

[baba]

yeah..it is so crowded in there, you can just assume that any kind of AD is going to kill someone. And not everyone with a permit has the right discipline to be carrying. Better safe than sorry.

-Brian

 

[chezuki]

My carry practices do not change in the slightest at the 1500.

 

[LP1]

If we cannot be trusted to carry safely at a GUN SHOW, how can we expect the general public to believe that we can be trusted to carry outside of our own homes?

If "no loaded guns" improves our safety, then it should apply everywhere, not just at a gun show.

 

[bacon#1]

Gun.....What gun?

 

[LP1]

Honor (def)- honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions

Yup. That pretty much sums it up.

My sense of fairness and integrity in my beliefs and actions are not always in alignment with the rules.

 

[AA&E]

If we cannot be trusted to carry safely at a GUN SHOW, how can we expect the general public to believe that we can be trusted to carry outside of our own homes?

If "no loaded guns" improves our safety, then it should apply everywhere, not just at a gun show.

I agree. The organizers certainly present an argument to be used against us.

 

[pudly]

If we cannot be trusted to carry safely at a GUN SHOW, how can we expect the general public to believe that we can be trusted to carry outside of our own homes?

If "no loaded guns" improves our safety, then it should apply everywhere, not just at a gun show.

This point is made with every 1500 and I still don't understand it. The situations aren't the same at all. Where else do you have thousands of people handling guns at the same time, too often pointing them at others because there really isn't a safe direction? It seems that about every second 1500 has a ND even with the no live carry rule because some people think that the rule really doesn't apply to them. I'd hate to think how many NDs they would have if everyone was carrying live. When we carry loaded guns outside the 1500, we aren't continuously handling them. In fact they only leave your holster in case of emergency, at the range or to put away at night.