I run sound at my church, one of the larger ones in Austin. Our front-of-house booth is in the balcony, so I know that I would probably not be a target or easily outed. I do worry about reaching over on the board. Our old board was a Soundcraft Series 5 (quite large and deep), and reaching for the gain knobs or a connector on the back was always an opportunity for printing. We just got a Venue Profile system (smaller, digital, and amazing), so there's not as much to reach for. If I were running monitors (board is on side of stage), then I would have to worry about printing any time I serviced a connection on stage. So I'm glad that they don't have me on monitors. I'm pretty sure I would eventually expose my gun.The Annoyed Man wrote:I wore my Kimber UCII on stage yesterday morning through both services, no problem. However, I did do my own Aviom setup so as not to be outed.
I always wondered what I would do if I were on the stage playing an instrument instead of geeking out in the sound booth. I guess not much would be different.
Today I heard that, back when church shootings were big, our pastor went to the effort of talking to a former cop to make sure that we had a plan in case things happened. He just doesn't know that that tall guy on the other side of the sound board also carries.
-Brent