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Dulles Expo Gun Show - No OC????

Stanley

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This is on the website. Am I correct in thinking this means no OCing allowed?


"DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES AND INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, THERE WILL BE NO LOADED GUNS, OR MAGAZINES, ALLOWED ON THE SHOW FLOOR. THIS APPLIES TO VENDORS AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SORRY, BUT WITHOUT MEETING THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THE SHOW CANNOT GO ON, AND AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT AGREE ( or disagree ) WITH YOUR OBJECTIONS, WE MUCH PREFER TO CONTINUE THE SHOW IN SPITE OF THIS SMALL INCONVENIENCE. THIS MATTER IS NOT OUR POLICY OR DECISION, BUT WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT CHANGE IT OR MAKE EXCEPTIONS. "
 
thebigsd

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You can carry openly, however the gun must be unloaded. In the past they have not checked my gun to see if it was unloaded, they just asked me. They will zip-tie the gun upon entrance. This is a common but silly gun show rule.
 
ChinChin

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thebigsd said:
Really? There's been that many? I don't think so.
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I recall one about 2 years ago. A guy was handling a firearm and put his bugger-picker on the trigger with the typically expected results. Went off just before the doors officially opened at 3PM. The round bounced off the concrete and hit another person in the leg. If there were other ND incidents, I am not aware of them.
 
thebigsd

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Yes, I know it has happened. But it is not a frequent event. Negligent discharges are not caused or prevented by gun show policies.
 
ChinChin

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thebigsd said:
Yes, I know it has happened. But it is not a frequent event. Negligent discharges are not caused or prevented by gun show policies.
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Oh no doubt! But the insurance providers for the expo don't want to incur the risk; unless you are an LEO, in which case they'll let you and your 2 hours a year range qualification time carry onto their property [cough] double standard [/cough].
 
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ProShooter said:
Studying these incidents is all part of what I do as an instructor. You don't want to know how many times a gun is discharged inside a gun show somewhere.

Trust me on this one.
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I will trust you on this one because I trust your knowledge and experience. I just hate when people blame gun show rules for negligent discharges. NDs are caused by careless people, I hope you would agree with me on that.
 
ChinChin

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Buddy of mine got back from the show last night and called to tell me. Yeah. . .they're now serving beer in the expo center. Said he saw multiple people drinking beer and walking around, shopping for guns.

This will do *wonders* for the anti's PR machine. Also pretty much cinches my decision to avoid once and for all the Dulles funshows.
 
CHILINVLN

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ProShooter said:
Studying these incidents is all part of what I do as an instructor. You don't want to know how many times a gun is discharged inside a gun show somewhere.

Trust me on this one.
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This is exactly why the argument exists that not everyone should be carrying a weapon in public. If the ENTIRE public was OC'ing, the same results would occur, especially if it's happening at a Gun Show, where everyone is pro 2A. Just my opinion looking at this from a neutral standpoint.
 
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