Almost a disaster in Fort Worth

[kitty]

I hope this doesn't affect having guns shows at the Will Rogers anymore.

[Oldgringo]

It was about 1P or so. My wife and I were an aisle over - scared the crap outta me, i heard a distinct beewweeeuuuu go past us, I guess a fragment as one of the other dealers said the round went into a box - Fort Worth's finest were there in nanoseconds. We were at Winchesters a few months back and a guy on the range put a round through his hand, now this at a gun show - my wife is ready to sell everything and never have anything to do with shooting sports again.

Other than the ND - show was good. Handgun prices for the most part were not more than normal. EBR's were prominant. Picked up a NIB S&W 360PD for $710.00. The dealers were definately processing a lot of paper. I have never seen so many Taurus's (Taurii?) being sold.

I think the plural of Taurus would be Taurae but maybe not? It's been so many years since I studied Latin and then met so few Romans during the ensuing years, I'm a little rusty.

[LarryH]

I think the plural of Taurus would be Taurae but maybe not? It's been so many years since I studied Latin and then met so few Romans during the ensuing years, I'm a little rusty.

Tauri, I believe -- masculine, nominative case

[Oldgringo]

I think the plural of Taurus would be Taurae but maybe not? It's been so many years since I studied Latin and then met so few Romans during the ensuing years, I'm a little rusty.

Tauri, I believe -- masculine, nominative case

You're probably right. Endings of "us" is masculine and "ae" is feminine and "i" is plural - as in alumnus, alumnae and alumni?
At any rate, somebody is right and nobody cares.

[longhorn_92]

I think the plural of Taurus would be Taurae but maybe not? It's been so many years since I studied Latin and then met so few Romans during the ensuing years, I'm a little rusty.

Tauri, I believe -- masculine, nominative case

You're probably right. Endings of "us" is masculine and "ae" is feminine and "i" is plural - as in alumnus, alumnae and alumni?
At any rate, somebody is right and nobody cares.

EGO puto ut nos ire off thema...

[LittleGun]

A few months ago, I attended a gun show in Conroe. I had a gun with me, secured in a soft case. As I entered the building, there was no one to check my gun. I looked around for someone, and saw that all the people were streaming in without checks of any kind. I don't know if that is normal for the area. It might have been an oversight.

[GrayHawk]

If I remember correctly, they check every gun at the door as the public enters. Is there no rule that requires the checking of gun brought in by exhibitors or dealers? If not, I'll bet that gets changed pretty quick.

[Morgan]

Feel free to use it, it certainly wasn't me who said it first. The first way I heard it was, "Every time we idiot-proof the process, someone comes along and builds a better idiot."

[HankB]

That happened in Austin around 2000. A dealer messing with a 1911 fired a round into the floor. Luckily no one got hit.

As I heard it, someone got hit in the leg when a guy was trying his carry gun in a holster . . . little was made of it on the news because he was a cop.

I was in the Austin show last year when a dealer had an ND into the floor . . . I had just passed the guy who was setting up, and was about 6 or 8 tables away. Police and the gun show promoter were there in an instant, and the guy was packed and OUT in minutes.

He was a retired sheriff's deputy.

That's why guns are too dangerous for anyone except LEOs.

[BigBlueDodge]

was this a small dealer or one of the normal, "big boys" (AJC, Schramm, Gunzone, etc). I would like to know who it was so that I know not to purchase from this guy in the future.

[Broncrider]

I do not beleive it was one of the big boys. By the time I got back over to where the incident occured all of the signs were down and the stuff on the table was nearly packed up. I'm sure someone on here knows who it was.

[QB]

I was at the following THREE gunshows when there was a ND: Dallas Market Hall (vendor/handgun), Big Town (customer/rifle), Frisco (not sure who....but they don't have gunshows in Frisco anymore).

I'm still amazed at all the VENDORS and CUSTOMERS waving guns around, pointing them at people. I'll say something to someone every time they "sweep" me and most of the time the response back is "it isn't loaded"!!!!! Which sets off my little rant that "it's always loaded" , etc. Doesn't do any good though as people act as if I'm just neurotic or something!!!!

[Morgan]

LOL... I go nuts with bad gun handling on TV or in MOVIES, let alone at the gun show when I know the things are real.

[DoubleJ]

LOL... I go nuts with bad gun handling on TV or in MOVIES, let alone at the gun show when I know the things are real.

Ah heard that!
Isn't the Will Rogers posted with a 30.06 sign???? HOW DID THAT SIGN LET A LOADED GUN IN THE BUILDING?????
THAT SIGN SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY REPRIMANDED!

cause, you know... the sign... is ..... personified and stuff....

[TraCoun]

FWIW - A bunch of years back I was at a show in Houston when there was an AD. If I remember correctly, an announcement came over the PA a fairly short time later that everyone was okay, and that the dealer in question had not only been escorted out, but had been banned from future shows in Texas.
TraCoun