Quick question

[SRSpano]

I am going to my first gun show since I got my CHL. Can I carry right up to the check weapons table or do I need to have the weapon unloaded when I get there?

Thanks

[j2fast]

Originally Posted by SRSpano

I am going to my first gun show since I got my CHL. Can I carry right up to the check weapons table or do I need to have the weapon unloaded when I get there?

Thanks

I've never carried to a show but I would check with whoever is hosting or promoting the show before hand, surely they could tell you. Maybe someone out there has more to offer than I do....

[Ed Ely]

According to what you are carrying. My J-frame stays in
my right front pocket, concealed, loaded and no ones' darn
business, even though they ask whether I have a loaded
firearm.

Thing about gun shows in these parts, in fact I am going
to one tomorrow, is that when you do carry in any of your
machines, the guys at the entrance gate to the show, will
take your pistol or revolver and put a damn tie wrap thru
it, supposedly to keep it safe and unloaded. What a joke
that is. Liability purposes me guess.

My advice, unless you got'em a J-Frame. is to suck it in
and secure your machine in your auto vs. taking it in.

Ed

[TeamXD]

Yes play by the rules. the weapon must be unloaded and the clip empty.they will zip tie it and if you unload your clip at the table they will put it in a zip lock bag for ya. Rules are there because the law abiding responsible gun owner fallows them.

[SRSpano]

Thanks for the replies, I went to the show before I got to read these. I emptied my pistol in the truck and left the clip there, then checked the pistol at the table. Like you all said, they put a stupid zip tie through it. The funny thing was that I used my fanny pack to take it in. They had the obligitory 30.06 sign posted. I asked if I needed to leave my pistol sticking out of my pants and they said that as long as it was ziptied that it would be Ok in the fanny pack??????? I didn't realize the sign was only for LOADED WEAPONS!!! Anyway, all went well.

Thanks again

[one-eyed-fatman]

I liked Ed Ely's reply the best. If gun show people don't trust you then why should anyone else. When gun show people put up 30.06 signs they are saying they do not trust you with the very products they want to sell you. How many of you carry CCW without any ammo in your gun?

[TeamXD]

I carry ccw and my mag is loaded , but it is un loaded in areas or places that post it to be. If we neglect law,s and rules then we have forgoten all what we have learned in ccw class and carrying concealed or neglecting rules or laws just for the fact that we feel it is pointless is no excuse or example to set for future and or new gun owners who come here for advice.

[kgpcr]

What is a 30-06 sign?? help me out here guys

[Captain Ray]

§ 30.06. TRESPASS BY HOLDER OF LICENSE TO CARRY
CONCEALED HANDGUN. (a) A license holder commits an offense if the
license holder:
(1) carries a handgun under the authority of
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, on property of another
without effective consent; and
(2) received notice that:
(A) entry on the property by a license holder
with a concealed handgun was forbidden; or
(B) remaining on the property with a concealed
handgun was forbidden and failed to depart.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person receives notice
if the owner of the property or someone with apparent authority to
act for the owner provides notice to the person by oral or written
communication.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Entry" has the meaning assigned by Section
30.05(b).
(2) "License holder" has the meaning assigned by
Section 46.035(f).
(3) "Written communication" means:
(A) a card or other document on which is written
language identical to the following: "Pursuant to Section 30.06,
Penal Code (trespass by holder of license to carry a concealed
handgun), a person licensed under Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
Government Code (concealed handgun law), may not enter this
property with a concealed handgun"; or
(B) a sign posted on the property that:
(i) includes the language described by
Paragraph (A) in both English and Spanish;
(ii) appears in contrasting colors with
block letters at least one inch in height; and
(iii) is displayed in a conspicuous manner
clearly visible to the public.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) It is an exception to the application of this section
that the property on which the license holder carries a handgun is
owned or leased by a governmental entity and is not a premises or
other place on which the license holder is prohibited from carrying
the handgun under Section 46.03 or 46.035.

Raymond