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Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gunshow

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:46 pm
by Grog
Just wondering, would it be legal for a nine year old to carry a holstered (always) orange Blackhawk training Glock at the Mesquite gunshow?

Would the cops freak out? :mrgreen:


I was unpacking from my move and found my training gun (I was a firearms instructor in a past life) and a Sidearmor holster and taught him a few basics of gun handling and drawing. He's big for his age, five feet tall (I've dated a woman shorter than him) so it didn't even look completely out of wack.

:smilelol5:


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Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:10 am
by gigag04
Children (people under 10 yoa by texas PC) can not commit a crime....so....YES?


Also - anyone carrying an orange piece of plastic as long as it is not concealed and made to look like a real firearm (Ie holding it in your shirt and pointing it at a bank teller) is not against the law regardless of age of the carrier or shape of the plastic.

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:51 am
by jimlongley
Grog wrote:Just wondering, would it be legal for a nine year old to carry a holstered (always) orange Blackhawk training Glock at the Mesquite gunshow?

I was unpacking from my move and found my training gun (I was a firearms instructor in a past life) and a Sidearmor holster and taught him a few basics of gun handling and drawing. He's big for his age, five feet tall (I've dated a woman shorter than him) so it didn't even look completely out of wack.

:smilelol5:

Perfectly legal as noted above, but the "woman shorter than" got me. Just after I graduated from high school I went out with a girl who was 4'10" a couple of times. She refused to see me any more after I picked her up on the dance floor for a slow dance (being pretty skinny she was very light). She was giving me a backache trying to dance with her normally, I was 6'2".

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:36 am
by The Annoyed Man
My 86 year old mother is 4'10". Size has got nothing to do with it. She's terrifying. :smilelol5:

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 9:17 am
by Grog
The gal I was thinking of was 4'9" compared to my 6'3". She was full of chunky midgetty goodness :mrgreen: The pic of what she wore on one date would be legal, but still likely not clean enough to post on a family friendly forum such as this :smilelol5:


My Fiancé is a 5'10" Texas gal, so no more shorties for me :nono:

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 2:41 pm
by Grog
The boy was "armed", only had a couple of people who actually noticed from what I could tell.

It was not a bad show, not like what I am used to from NC shows since there was not much in the way of surplus stuff. Lots of cars there, lots of people inside, worth $7 to walk around a little bit :mrgreen:

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:03 pm
by Tass
IIRC, 4'10" is the maximum cutoff height to qualify as an official "little person" according to some little person association somewhere. I know this b/c of a very slow day in the college library and a heated discussion of my actual height. With a number of witnesses and by-standers wanting to play I measured in at an impressive 60" (finally). :thewave

Re: Can a 9 year old carry an "orange training gun" at a gun

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:34 pm
by Fangs
I've heard that under 4'10" qualifies you for a handicap license plate. Never bothered to check into that claim since I disqualified around age 8 or so.