Posted on 09/25/2022 10:02:52 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
I went to my nearest Cabela's this week to do a little shopping. When I entered the store I noticed a sign at the service counter that essentially said guns entering the store must be registered at the counter. I asked if that was all guns and was told yes. I took out my conceal carry and put it on the country. Thee attendant asked me if the gun had bullets in it (DUH!). I said yes. He then told me I had to take the gun to the gun sales and have them unload it and then bring it back up to register it. I then told him I would just take it back out to my car and leave it. Probably last shopping trip to Cabela's.
I asked if that was all guns and was told yes.
First mistake, asking any employee about the sign.
Second mistake, letting them know you have a gun. If you can’t properly carry a pistol concealed then you probably shouldn’t be carrying one anyway.
NICE HIT AND RUN ....
My state has made it lawful for me to carry concealed, with exceptions.
A business with a sign is not an exception under the law.
Period.
If management chooses to engage patrons and challenge every bulge, it will end badly for them (go woke, go broke).
If asked to leave, the law stipulates that refusing is trespassing and THAT is the only exception which will apply beyond the CHL statute.
After that, it's game-on (civil proceedings against them).
FRiendly advice: GO right (don't lean).
You need some new friends.
I’m a big believer in the 2A. But I’m also a big believer in property rights. So if a business posts a sign, I will either obey that sign or shop elsewhere.
I believe that’s a reasonable, conservative position. Of course, your mileage may vary.
I would walk out and take my business elsewhere.
Yep. Misleading headline on a post-and-run.
unless the specific store is identified and this is verified, the whole thread is likely based on wrong information.
“unless the specific store is identified and this is verified, the whole thread is likely based on wrong information.”
ABSOLUTELY.
This is correct. Cabela’s has always had a policy of checking firearms brought in to be worked on or traded at the door. Anyone dumb enough to think that this applies to concealed firearms probably ought to leave theirs in the car. We had a policy in 1971 at the gun store I worked at to check firarms at the door if they were brought in to be worked on or traded.
Cabela’s is not going to have conceal carry customers register their guns with the front desk. Why post this nonsense?
Maybe you should take your business to Bass Pro Shops.
Most places signs are not legally binding, so you are not breaking the law if you ignore them. The most they can do is ask you to leave.
DID YOU ASK IF IT APPLIED TO LEGAL CC?
“Sorry, but I’m not buying that story.”
All I know is what my co-worker told me about the situation, and his and other’s efforts to get their guns back from the city.
He’s also dumb if he doesn’t know the difference between “bullets” and cartridges/ammunition.
The violent criminal is going to ignore the sign.
> Most places signs are not legally binding, so you are not breaking the law if you ignore them. <
Yes, I agree with that. But I really wasn’t talking legalities in my post #20 or #45. I was talking about property rights, which I respect as much as any other right. So if a business owner wants to set boundaries on his own property, I will respect those boundaries, or I will go shop somewhere else.
There are but a few exceptions to that. And those exceptions are covered under “protected class” laws. For example, a business that puts up a “no veterans” sign deserves to be challenged.
Some folks might put a “no guns” sign in the same category as a “no veterans” sign. I don’t. But I can see where others might.
First rule of concealed carry club is...
...never talk about concealed carry club.
Something similar happened to me at a Sportsman’s Warehouse years ago when I was going to look for some pants that would be comfortable while carrying.
I specifically asked them, “What about people licensed to carry concealed?”
They said it applies to everyone entering the store.
I pressed the issue with, “Are you telling me that to come into your store, I have to unholster and unload my gun in my vehicle, and check it with the magazine and ammunition at your front counter? Doesn’t this encourage a possible negligent discharge in your parking lot by forcing someone to handle their firearm unnecessarily twice -when arriving and leaving? Doesn’t this also leave me defenseless when walking to and from your store from my vehicle?”
They repeated their policy.
Haven’t been back since.
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