I was going to Gander Mt. store to see about trading some hand guns. So in addition to my CCW, I entered the store with my bag of firearms and announced to the clerk my intentions. I have been there before and know that "don't tell" is the rule for the concealed weapon, so I didn't give that up.
What was weird was that I had to open the bag, remove each gun from it's box and/or holster, demonstrate each gun was unloaded, and then place them back in their respective box and/or holster and then into the bag. After all that I was allowed to go to the back of the store to the gun section. Not that I couldn't have been carrying a clip or loose rounds.
For every stupid rule: there was some idiot who didn't have common sense and went in there with loaded guns. They made it a hassle for you and me but the rule was made for the next idiot.
At the Gander Mountain local to me you have to check firearms as well, then walk back to the hunting department, straight through the ammunition aisles....
I don't think that the policy is intended to keep you from being able to enter armed for a crime spree/robbery/massacre. It's to make sure that you won't be negligently pointing a loaded gun around when you go in to the gun counter and take it out to show the guy there. From that standpoint, it makes sense, I think.
Checking in the front of the store, as well as the gun section helps prevent AD's. either from employees or customers. not everyone is safety conscious.
At the Gander Mountain local to me you have to check firearms as well, then walk back to the hunting department, straight through the ammunition aisles....
i frequent Gander Mtn quite often and like shopping for firearms there...I have never stopped at the front desk, and have just took my bag back...of course no one has ever stopped me up front either.
a ND is dangerous up front or in the back....6 of one half dozen of the other.
I don't think that the policy is intended to keep you from being able to enter armed for a crime spree/robbery/massacre. It's to make sure that you won't be negligently pointing a loaded gun around when you go in to the gun counter and take it out to show the guy there. From that standpoint, it makes sense, I think.
Seems to me it is just a safety precaution. I have seen clerks at stores become so busy and sloppy in handling firearms that they fail to check/clear weapons occasionally. The more time people check, the less likely you have to 'duck'.
Thanks never been to that one just the one in York;have never seen any signs there but have never took any to trade.Always CCW in there.One thing I have learned is to leave the wife at home damn shes like a kid in a candy store :aargh4: :haha: :haha:
At one of the gun shows here a couple years ago, an idiot sent a .357 Sig into the floor while he was showing the checker at the entrance his gun was "empty." After that, everybody got wanded outside the door.
Maybe that's what happened at your place - some bum before you let loose a round. :gah:
At one of the gun shows here a couple years ago, an idiot sent a .357 Sig into the floor while he was showing the checker at the entrance his gun was "empty." After that, everybody got wanded outside the door.
Last time I went to SW, The guy, (which I know) was the new guy behind the counter.
I quickly found the extent of his firearms knowledge/safety. Each gun that he handled, he kept his finger "curved and on the trigger".
I shook my head and walked away.
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