GUNSHOW ETIQUETTE...
In any event, the gunshow was held at a National Guard armory, which is a federal facility and has a strict NO LOADED GUNS ALLOWED policy. Of course, you can go through the whole Unload-and-Show-Clear procedure in the parking lot, but all things being what they are that also raises the risk of a Murphy factor 'loud noise'. You can try and 'hide' your loaded blaster, but considering the potential 'harm' in various areas I consider such acts to be a classic example of situational and legal-results complete Dumb-Ass stupidity.
To avoid such problems, I simply disarm.
Whereupon I readjusted my jeans, walked across the parking lot and entered the show. I suppose some mall ninja will speculate that I've left myself open to defenseless attack while traversing said parking lot, but I seemed to notice there were a bunch of other, apparently like-minded, individuals in the immediate area so my level of concern was not THAT great. (If it was, I would have simply LEFT and gone somewhere else!)
Upon leaving the show and building and reaching the vehicle in the parking lot I simply opened the trunk, reinserted the holster in the back of my jeans and removed and holstered said 'blaster'. The open trunk lid obscured my activity from those forward of my position and because I parked in the 'back' line of cars there was no one behind me to see that I was in the process of 'rearming'. The nice thing to my way of thinking is I didn't have to manipulate the gun in terms of loading and/or clearing, nor did I have to go through the whole 'loading' drama in an unsecured/unsafe, non-range, foreign and very urban environment.
I'm not Emily Post, but I mention all this as a form of respectable gunshow etiquette...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
Labels: Appreciation, Gun Writing, Guns
8 Comments:
Those cases (at least the one that I have) is TSA approved. As a result, I use it when I travel by air for my (unloaded) firearm, and use the cable to secure the case inside the suitcase using a padlock.
I also use it for those trips into the Post Office, etc. It resides under the seat of my pickup, and I use it to secure my pocket blaster (Kahr PM9) loaded in its pocket holster.
Jerry: Yeah, the guys who sold it to me claimed it was TSA approved, but I had no way of fact-checking that.
I tried positioning the box up front under a seat, but there isn't much room there in a Mustang and there was also too much chance of the gun muzzle crossing various body parts at different points of the 'unarming' procedure; hence the trunk location...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
I'm not Emily Post, but I mention all this as a form of respectable gunshow etiquette...
Heh! Nope, but I find what you have to say far more useful than what fork to use on which course, etc.....
I have probably flown 15x using it, and have never had anyone question it. The only comments I have received have been positive, as in "I wish other gun owners would use a case this sturdy. "
Is that Galco in the Catalog? If it's a Prototype, it looks like if they put a ridge on the other side and used Chicago Screws, it could become an IWB or a Paddle with some minor mods. Two Birds with one stone.
Also, be careful about where you park. Some of the Federal Property "No Guns Allowed" Laws include the Parking Lot. I know up here in Ohio, they can be testy about those Laws. I remember Breda talking about her Library and since how close it is to a School, and they share the same Parking Lot she couldn't even put her Bersa into the Trunk because of the Security Cameras. Take Care.
When I was flying once or twice a week I bought on for my car. I was catching the early bird flights to DC and not getting back till late evening.
It's held up very well for me.
Gerry
Love the 'stang Frank. Good looking car. I think the new generation of Mustang is the best of the "re-issues" although the Challenger looks closest to the original. Hate the tiny windows on the Camaro. Keep your eye on a kid named Kyle Larson. Been racing sprints, midgets and champ cars. They put him in a super late model and he won his first two pavement races. Signed with Earnhardt/Ganssi for the East/West series, the level below ARCA. Maybe Chip will put him in an Indy car but he'll probably end up in NAPCAR. Larry Weeks
Larry: Robin Miller has written about that Larson kid on Speed.com.
Apparently, this kid is a real 'shoe', but I doubt if we get him in big time open wheel. He'll go to the taxicabs...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
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