olafpfj wrote:Fair enough point.jmra wrote:None of these were CHL related. If you have any links you would like to share that lend credence to your fear of pending disaster by CHLs at gun shows, please share. Perhaps you will convert someone.
However...Since most gun shows in Texas are posted, it would be illegal for a CHL holder to carry there and since we are such a law abiding lot there should be exactly 0 CHL incidents. I know...this rebuttal is pretty weak sauce but it's the best snarky response I could think of
As long as shows continue to be posted we will never know if the rarity of ND's at gunshows is due to people being on the ball or because the 30.06 is keeping the risk down. We certainly know that gun laws in general do nothing to prevent crime as the most restrictive areas tend to be the most violent. For all we know CC at a show isn't a problem and may be going on quite a lot since concealed means concealed. I was really just trying to point out that I don't understand why some feel a gunshows "hot/cold" policy is somehow not relevant to safety when it is accepted as fundamental at other very similar events with similar safety concerns.I guess some people don't see the similarities that I see.
Anyway, I agree with the policy at shows but please don't anyone misconstrue that I would advocate the government telling us what to do. I think the show organizers hide behind the 30.06 to keep their hands clean while they would have the same policy regardless of the law.
As always...I will defend your right to disagree. I am far more libertarian than I seem to be coming across in this thread.
the bold part is actually open to question as most facilities are owned by governmental agencies and such posting has no legal force, but there is no case law on it as we are all chicken to be test cases