Posted on 06/30/2016 7:29:46 AM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - Gun owners headed for Busch Stadium may soon no longer have to leave their firearms in the car.
Starting in mid-July, Paddy O`s Bar next to Busch Stadium is going to allow a specially outfitted armored truck to use its overflow back parking lot to provide lawful gun owners a place to lock up any firearms they want to carry with them between the parking lots and the stadium.
It is an idea born of tragedy.
Following the shooting of Chris Sanna last year as he was leaving a Cardinals game, Justin Hulsey, a National Guard veteran from Herculaneum, had an idea; to create a mobile gun locker, sort of like a food truck, to park at events where guns are not allowed inside the venue.
Hulsey calls it Mobile Safe Storage.
He is outfitting a 22 foot-long step van with armor and security cameras and has hired security guards to surround it when it is parked in public.
Hulsey`s plan is to begin by parking it at Paddy O`s on game days, offering visitors a chance to lock up their guns, or any other valuables they either can't or don`t want to bring into the stadium or leave in their car.
He believes being able to carry a gun to the stadium will give visitors a better sense of security, while also cutting down on the number of guns getting into the hands of criminals.
'If we can just stop one firearm from being stolen out of a car and used by a criminal, we succeeded,' Hulsey said. 'This isn`t about making millions, it`s about making a difference and we are passionate about it,' he said.
It is an idea supported by former St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch.
'The real idea is so the criminals don`t know who is going to have a firearm and who is not,' Fitch said. 'They are pretty comfortable right now if they see someone leaving Busch Stadium at 10:30 at night and they have a Cardinals shirt on they are not going to be armed," he said.
Hulsey plans a soft launch on July 15 as the Cardinals start a ten-day home stand. But a spokesperson for the Mayor`s office says the company has no business license and that running a business from Paddy O`s parking lot is not allowed under the bar`s current occupancy permit, and would be, 'illegal.'
Hulsey however says he has been speaking with the city and believes the way he has set things up with the bar; he has done everything he needs to do to begin doing business legally.
Hulsey says anyone who checks a gun will have to sign a waiver which covers a lot of things including giving his company the right to refuse to return a firearm to anyone who appears to be intoxicated.
Neither the Cardinals nor the Police Department are commenting about this.
But Chris Sanna tells FOX 2 News he thinks it`s a good idea, although he also said he`s not sure having a gun would have done him much good the night he was mugged because he was shot first and then robbed.
Hulsey said the price for using Mobile Safe Storage will be $10 per item or $15 for those who pay by credit card.
This highlights the fact that situational awareness is the first rule of self defense.
That may be illegal in CA, if recent legislation is passed.
Oh, yeah, and a U.N. truck pull up or DHS and confiscate that truck with our arms.
Yeah, right. Good one!
And around the 3rd. inning the truck will drive away and mysteriously disappear...
This thread needs pick of genius with Andre the Giant in the poison skit, “Brilliant”! and “Inconceivable”.
Another example of the wrongness of gun-free zones.
Once the word gets out (as it has), the perps will simply plan their attack location to be between the stadium and the "back parking lot".
Unless special transport is provided to and from the back lot, this changes nothing but the attack location where people will still be unarmed.
This is one of dumbest ideas re guns, I have heard of in my 70+ years on this planet.
What can go wrong with this exercise in mass stupidity?
The location is temporary and is really just a trial as a proof-of-concept. The bar is very close to Busch Stadium so the walk would be no worse that the walk from a parking garage.
Plus, muggings are not really the issue (even though a mugging was the inspiration) as much as cars being broken into and guns stolen ending up on the street.
Generally I carry into the stadium anyway, since under Missouri law, the worst that could happen is they ask me to leave. Many people aren't willing to do that however, so their carry guns either stay home where they are useless or in their cars where they are stolen.
“........outfitted armored truck to use its overflow back parking lot to provide lawful gun owners a place to lock up any firearms............”
Wait until odumbo finds out, they’ll figure a way to get that truck for some bogus reason.
“........outfitted armored truck to use its overflow back parking lot to provide lawful gun owners a place to lock up any firearms............”
Wait until odumbo finds out, they’ll figure a way to get that truck for some bogus reason.
“........outfitted armored truck to use its overflow back parking lot to provide lawful gun owners a place to lock up any firearms............”
Wait until odumbo finds out, they’ll figure a way to get that truck for some bogus reason.
Damn good idea. $hithead mayor is creating FUD. Fine, if he can protect everyone. Sure.
Another damn good idea.
buddy - ok - something bugged me about this - I checked — and carrying into a stadium with more than 5,000 people is prohibited in MO with force of law. This makes the gun check van an extremely good and important idea. The stadium should provide gun checks themselves. So - please review the law before you carry into stadiums and theaters. http://handgunlaw.us
This is a result of the laws the St Louis Cardinals lobbied for in 2003.
Check the location of the park, it is still quite a distance until you escape the city.
no - carrying into the stadium is prohibited by force of law -— http://handgunlaw.us
The van is a great idea. Thanks for posting!
Plenty of really stupid FR comments on this one. I guess most of the current newbies don’t know anything about guns or carrying.
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