CCW... & that football game...

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Magnum Wheel Man

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I went to the Vikings game yesterday ( my 1st game since I began carrying )... I'm not from the metro area, & believe I'd have a much higher need for personal protection "down town" than I would day to day in my normal rural environment... they do not allow "guns" in the dome... & I guess I can understand the reasoning

I guess I didn't even give thought that they would ban guns in larger sporting events, & had to turn back & leave my CZ Compact in my truck before I could get in, they were patting down everyone... ( they still gave me a bit of grief about the empty holster, but nothing serious )

two things bother me here...

removing my gun, & leaving it in a vehical ( we were tail gating, but I was a DD so I had not been drinking ), but had to leave my piece in my truck in a more "unsecure" parking lot than I was comfortable with...

2nd... that area is not necessarily "dangerous", during the time the game is on, but in either the earlier or later hours of tailgating that "type" of neighbor hood is not my favorite place to hang out...

what do you responsible CCW holders do when attending "anti gun" type of events in areas you are not as comfortable in ???
 
I was just at the 49ers game yesterday. I'm from NV and obviously couldn't legally carry in California. Needless to say, I left the gun at home.

This was only my second time at a game, and this time I ended up in one of their parking lots further back. Having seen what happens, I'll never be leaving an expensive belonging in my SUV again!

At best count, 7 vehicles around me had windows busted out. One guy was shouting at a girl who had come with him because she left her purse out in view and it had been emptied, so he assumed that's why his window was broke. As we drove out in the long lines, a back road that had been flooded with vehicles on the shoulder were also victimized. At least 12 vehicles, either still sitting there with broken windows or others already driven off leaving broken glass on the street. It seemed as if the vandals just walked down the back road nailing every single car. It was disgusting.



Unless you have a safe bolted to the frame of your vehicle, and hidden from view, I'd leave the gun at home when going to a game. It's what I did. The best I could do was to deeply conceal a small folding knife prior to walking to the security check point.
 
what do you responsible CCW holders do when attending "anti gun" type of events in areas you are not as comfortable in ???
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If there was a place that I was actually not comfortable without a gun, I wouldn't go there.

I see carrying as a way to protect against the 1 in a million happenstance, not as a way to protect me in dangerous places. My protection in dangerous places is to not go there.
 
Guns and football games do not match.

Ya you are able to control yourself but think of the guy that comes in, gets ticked at a coach for making a bad call and unloads on him. Guns and spectator sports just don't work all that well together.

And yes I carry a gun, but honestly football games are pretty much safe.
 
what do you responsible CCW holders do when attending "anti gun" type of events in areas you are not as comfortable in
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As others have said, if you are not comfortable without a gun you probably shouldn't go there in the first place. Having said that, I'm quite comfortable attending ball games and other events that are no-gun zones. I have a lockbox secured to my vehicle and the gun gets moved there when we park, secured, and then removed when appropriate.
 
Wheelman, I have a Stack on safe bolted under the backseat of my truck. When I have to go somewhere the don't allow guns the G26 goes inside. I don't attend Sporting events(I have a Plasma for that:D) but the I went to a McCain Rally here in town. I left the gun in the safe in the truck. Good thing too the security was higher than at the airport. Those Small safes work good. I know of a few people that have them and they have protected their Valuables. I even put one in my Dads vehicle for him. He saw mine and really liked it. The sell on Amazon for about 65-70 bucks. You can google "Stack-on personal safe" and it should take you there. They have a real small one that will even fit under the seat. Its about the size of a large book.
 
what do you responsible CCW holders do when attending "anti gun" type of events in areas you are not as comfortable in ???
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First, +1 to peetzakilla. If I'm REALLY uncomfortable in a place without my gun, I shouldn't be there, and I don't go. My weapon is for individuals, not areas.

I obey the law. Carrying into a place you aren't allowed can get you arrested and your CWP yanked. It also gives legal CW carriers specifically and gun owners in general a black eye to the rest of the public.
 
thanks for the replys...

... I'm not "totally" uncomfortable down town big city... but I guess I'd be considered a "country boy"... so in general, 90% of the reason I got my permit to carry, was for going "inner city"... I feel I'd need it a lot less ( percentage wise ) in the smaller towns, than in "down town"... I certainly understand the "not bringing it into the stadium" but have also seen plenty of vehicals get broken into "down town" so we try to keep everything out of sight as much as possible when in parked vehicals... & I certainly refilled my holster as soon as I got back to the truck after the game...

I've personally watched unsavory types work crouded stairways at concerts & big venue events, & have been caught off gaurd ( many years ago ), when we let ourselves stay visiting in a parking lot, too long after the crouds thinned, by a couple bad guys that got way too close for comfort...

I'm a pretty big guy, & my brothers bigger, so we are not looking like easy targets, but we also look more like tourists than inner city guys, so we may be percieved as worth while marks ??? I try to keep my side arm handy as much as possible when I'm out of my element...
 
A upstanding citizen was fatally stabbed by one of the street people that Seattle tends to coddle as he and his family were leaving a Mariners game during daylight a number of years ago. Both the Mariners and Seahawks stadia are in higher crime locales. Weapons not allowed. :mad:
 
Ever read stories of a dad who killed another dad at a kids hockey game?
How about guys who have heart attacks because they screaming at the refs (LOL my sister is a nurse in the heart unit and got that one, LOL poor guy was mad as the dickens when he found out he missed the game).

People get to carried away at such events. Not to say a responsible person couldn't control themselves but we all know that not all CCW holders can be considered responsible, there for we all arnt allowed to exercise our right. Not saying the law is always right, but in this case it is.


BTW: that 23-0 shut out of the Titans yesterday was amazing.
 
frankintoguns said:
guns at football games woudl be a bed mix. sober i would have shot half the cowboys fo rtheyre "play" yesterday!
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Yet drunken typing suits you well.



I agree carrying at games isn't a good idea, but man after watching the 49ers play last night, this Nevadan felt very uncomfortable around the Ghetto Superstars in the parking lot. Not to mention the uncountable amount of cars that were broken into. Crime is huge around the stadiums.
 
When my son was younger (he's 29 now), . . . I made it a rule never to go any place where he was not welcome, . . . kept me out of some places I should not have gone to.

My son is happily married, . . . so now, . . . my new rule is more or less, . . . if my gun ain't welcome, . . . maybe I should rethink why I would be welcome there.

Yeah, . . . Dr's office, . . . post office, . . . etc. are a pain, . . . but from what I know of high profile sports from Columbus, Ohio, . . . I just don't go. Too expensive for one, . . . in junk areas of town for another.

May God bless,
Dwight
 
You did the parking-at-the-'Stick thing huh? You should try driving about a half mile east of there sometime...I go down there for work and hear some horror stories. One of my vendors employees was brained by a full beer thrown from the passenger side of a passing car recently.
 
its against federal law anyways. Didn'T think you could carry anywhere where alcohol was served. am i right or mistaken?
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there is no federal laws regarding concealed carry. its all state laws.

louisania says that you cannot carry in a place where the major source of income is from alcohol. unless you are the owner bartender.
that means you can carry in restaurants that serve booze, you can even sit at the bar, you just cant drink.
 
I have also mounted a weapons safe under the back seat of my vehicle, and it has served me well. I agree with avoiding places that don't allow you to carry as a general rule, but sometimes it can't be helped.
 
its against federal law anyways. Didnt think you could carry anywhere where alcohol was served. am i right or mistaken?
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Mistaken. Many, but not all, states prohibit carry + alcohol in one way or another. For example, Utah has no prohibition on carrying in a bar, etc., but it is illegal to "carry" while under the influence.
 
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