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...even so, they could have simply let YOU walk through while THEY held the offending package...same simple solution...
...I triggered the alarm at Home Depot about 6 times in a coupla weeks...they just waved me through, they know harmless when they see it...then I discovered the little tag sewn into the inside of the sleeve of the half-dozen Big Smith work shirts I'd bought from them...and they hadn't zapped...mystery solved...
...I triggered the alarm at Home Depot about 6 times in a coupla weeks...they just waved me through, they know harmless when they see it...then I discovered the little tag sewn into the inside of the sleeve of the half-dozen Big Smith work shirts I'd bought from them...and they hadn't zapped...mystery solved...
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Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.speedsix wrote:...even so, they could have simply let YOU walk through while THEY held the offending package...same simple solution...
...I triggered the alarm at Home Depot about 6 times in a coupla weeks...they just waved me through, they know harmless when they see it...then I discovered the little tag sewn into the inside of the sleeve of the half-dozen Big Smith work shirts I'd bought from them...and they hadn't zapped...mystery solved...
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Guns don't do it. They aren't metal detectors, they detect RFID chips.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.
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That is not likely your gun causing alarms to go off. Most likely there is a magnetic security strip inside something your wearing.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.speedsix wrote:...even so, they could have simply let YOU walk through while THEY held the offending package...same simple solution...
...I triggered the alarm at Home Depot about 6 times in a coupla weeks...they just waved me through, they know harmless when they see it...then I discovered the little tag sewn into the inside of the sleeve of the half-dozen Big Smith work shirts I'd bought from them...and they hadn't zapped...mystery solved...
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I wore different clothing the next week. Then walked in without my gun and it didn't go off. I saw a few others on here say similar. I dunno how it could do that.03Lightningrocks wrote:That is not likely your gun causing alarms to go off. Most likely there is a magnetic security strip inside something your wearing.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.speedsix wrote:...even so, they could have simply let YOU walk through while THEY held the offending package...same simple solution...
...I triggered the alarm at Home Depot about 6 times in a coupla weeks...they just waved me through, they know harmless when they see it...then I discovered the little tag sewn into the inside of the sleeve of the half-dozen Big Smith work shirts I'd bought from them...and they hadn't zapped...mystery solved...
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I understand that, but I intentionally tried different clothing, and only leaving my gun in the car made the diff.Jumping Frog wrote:Guns don't do it. They aren't metal detectors, they detect RFID chips.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.
Edit: Hmm, Googling has brought out many cases with varied explanations, including if an RFD sensor is set too sensitive, then even metal can set it off. See, the media was right, your plastic Glocks can get through security!

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I'll be darned! I always wondered if it could happen and then decided I was wrong because I thought it was a different type sensor than a metal detector. When I walk through those and they go off, I always just keep going. I know I didn't take anything and if some retard from inside the store decides he is going to grab me, I will mess him up real bad. If it's two, they will be able to tell the story of the old guy beating the life out of them at the same time...LOLwgoforth wrote:I understand that, but I intentionally tried different clothing, and only leaving my gun in the car made the diff.Jumping Frog wrote:Guns don't do it. They aren't metal detectors, they detect RFID chips.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.
Edit: Hmm, Googling has brought out many cases with varied explanations, including if an RFD sensor is set too sensitive, then even metal can set it off. See, the media was right, your plastic Glocks can get through security!

You gotta love Google! Thanks for the info... it is nice to know that!
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Maybe your gun has an RFID chip installed.wgoforth wrote:I wore different clothing the next week. Then walked in without my gun and it didn't go off. I saw a few others on here say similar. I dunno how it could do that.

Chiappa's have RFID chips in them for inventory control purposes. Maybe other manufacturers . . .
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Shadows gvt putting then in to track us from sattelites!Jumping Frog wrote:Maybe your gun has an RFID chip installed.wgoforth wrote:I wore different clothing the next week. Then walked in without my gun and it didn't go off. I saw a few others on here say similar. I dunno how it could do that.![]()
Chiappa's have RFID chips in them for inventory control purposes. Maybe other manufacturers . . .
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Not sure but I have heard that Rhino Revolvers have rfid chips
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I have been in various stores where the stupid detector has gone off when I was leaving. Luckily, most stores really don't care if the thing alarms as long as you stop and look confused (a natural expression for me). They always say it is all right and no prob!
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What do they say? Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean your aren't being watched? LOLwgoforth wrote:
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Do you carry an HK 45?Jumping Frog wrote:Guns don't do it. They aren't metal detectors, they detect RFID chips.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.
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No, but I don't remember if it was the Smith and wesson Bodyguard .380 or the Sig P238 that did it thought.RoyGBiv wrote:Do you carry an HK 45?Jumping Frog wrote:Guns don't do it. They aren't metal detectors, they detect RFID chips.wgoforth wrote:Has anyone found that your gun somehow triggers the alarm? I walked through with a package that set it off at Home Depot. She took the package, waved it in front of the alarm and it didn't go off. But when I went through it went off. A week later, different clothes, same thing.
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As has been stated earlier, the security devices at stores are not metal detectors. Imagine how many belt buckles and such would upset the alarm?wgoforth wrote:No, but I don't remember if it was the Smith and wesson Bodyguard .380 or the Sig P238 that did it thought.
As has also been said here, clothing is a likely culprit... check your clothes for live RFID tags. My wife was setting alrams off for a while. I finally took her purse apart

And... some guns also have rfid tags/chips.
Honestly, if my gun had one I'd want to know, so I could remove it.

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