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I'll let UnlceTed have the final word to address my point:

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Well, thanks for the input.

Going forward, I'll make sure to be a more compliant/quiet individual, and make sure not to upset the apple cart. I mean, I completely understand that it's totally unacceptable to expect to be able to carry a weapon licensed by my state to, of all things, a "weapons" show. I guess I should have understood this is very much in-line with the "no outside food" rule in restaurants.

I'll respect the law, but as I've stated here before, I don't make a good "sheeple". Feel free to tell me I'm an idiot, I'll accept that. The same people saying "oh my gosh, the last place we want loaded firearms is at a gun show", are the some of the same folks that might be angry because the Fort Hood soldiers were not armed.

I expect the flames, so my flamesuit is on.

That's my simple .02 cents.

(yea, that's sarcasm you detected.....)

Mike, gotcha. Something to ponder....

It just seems that we need to hold "our own" to the same standards to which we want to hold others....

Call me unreasonable.

Thanks Mike, I love a good argument!!

Are you confident this is an insurance matter? If so, is it a cost issue that could be offset by a slightly higher entry fee?

I just got a PM suggesting that if we boycott these shows, we're doing the work of the Brady folks.

I suppose most on here are smarter than that. I'm questioning where we spend our money. There are multiple posts on this board regarding businesses/places that are avoided/not patronized because of their position. Gun shows serve thier purposes. However, am I the only one that sees
the irony in a gun show being posted?

Am I missing something, or being unreasonable?

Mike1951 wrote:I think that the most likely reason is the insurance the show promoter must buy.

To rent a faciity, the promoter must show that he is insured. The insurer probably insists that for them to provide said insurance, that everything must be done to prevent loaded guns being allowed. Whether or not the insurance company is savvy enough to specifically require 30.06 signs is unknown, but it seems an obvious way for the promoter to show his intent to comply.

If a promoter did not post 30.06 and was unable to obtain insurance, there would be no show for us to fret about.

The only shows that can legally post are those held in privately owned facilities, a distinct minority.

Ok, perhaps that's why they're posted....but why do we continue to patronize them?

Ok, I often read on this site that we write businesses that post 30.06 signs. We write municipalities that incorrectly post properties.

Yet, for some reason, we're not as proactive with the organizations that run these gun shows? It's almost hypocritical!!!!

I can carry into any gun shop I can think of, yet to save a $, we all arrive without our weapons, or allow them to be rendered inoperative in order to enter the shows.

What are your thoughts? Should we all begin to collectively stand up and become a voice? My gosh, could you imagine the pressure if attendence began to fall off, and they knew why?

My .02 cents.

Your .02 cents???????????