No Conc Carry at Gun Show??

[GoldFinger]

I've been thinking about how many of us boycott business that don't allow CCW but yet it's accepted that gunshows ban CCW (at least to the point where they make your gun unable to fire). I can understand that weapons brougth to be sold need to be disabled, but why do we allow this in regards to CCW? If anyone has a good answer to this I'd certainly like to hear it because I can't figure it out.

Thanks.

[kidicarus13]

I'm guessing it has to do with the insurance the promoters have for the shows.

[Ranger353]

According to the SERTOMA group that runs half of the shows at the Phil Long Expo, it is insurance related per the Phil Long Expo management. They have stated that their insurance policy makes an exception for bonded security guards, but not everyone in the general public. At least that is the reason they have given for not allowing it during gun shows there.

What I don't understand is that there is no permanent signage in place, only the temporary signs they use during the gun shows. When I go to the home shows there I don't see signs up and no one asks me if I am armed? What's the difference? If the insurance policy says no then it should be no for all events and not just gun shows.

Or maybe it really isn't the insurance???

[GoldFinger]

It's also at the Tanner Gun Show. If it is the insurance, what does that say about the fundemental arguement that we are a safer society with 2nd Ammendment rights. I don't get the contradiction, and you would think that those apposed to our right to bear arms would put this up as a great example. I can walk into Gander, Bass Pro shops, etc.. without any signs (at least that I've seen) prohibiting CCW.

[Irving]

The insurance on the building is different than the insurance for the vendors. It very likely IS an insurance issue. Not patronizing won't really change anything because the insurance company doesn't care and would rather not write a risk like that in the first place.

[kidicarus13]

the insurance company doesn't care and would rather not write a risk like that in the first place.

Don't kid yourself, insurance companies stay in business by writing risk. As the risk rises so does their premium.

[TFOGGER]

Given the occurances of at least 2 negligent discharges at gun shows in the last year by people that chose to ignore the rules, I gotta side with the show promotors. The first was some yahoo that was supposedly a firearms instructor at the Tanner show that couldn't resist the temptation to fiddle with his carry piece, and discharged a round into the floor. The second was at a show in Loveland, and I don't remember the details, but I do remember it was a vendor. In theory, someone with a CCW permit should be knowledgeable and conscientious enough to avoid a ND, but in reality, this is not always the case. I have no issue with zip tying my carry piece at the show, although I did take issue with the Crossroads show wanting me to unload my magazines and leave my ammo in the car, just because it's a PITA to load/unload 2 15 round mags.