Carry at the Great American Sports Show?

Yingpin · Jan 31, 2014

I live in Maryland and have my Utah CCW permit. I don't get to carry often and I was wondering if you are permitted to carry at the Harrisburg show? I am still adjusting to my responsibility but feel that I should carry where I am permitted. It appears that guns are allowed and the show is going to follow the PA regs but I would like to be sure.

Any info would be great as well as any resource that I could study moving forward for the different states.

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Curmudgeon · Feb 1, 2014

I found this post over on the PAFOA forum...

I'll be passing through on Sunday, so I plan to stop by.

Conceal Carry is allowed at this show. I had to email the admins to find out. Their wonderful response:

"Good Afternoon,

Thank you for your email. Concealed carry, with the proper license, is permitted at the Great American Outdoor Show.

Have a great day,
Megan"

Post #41, from just 2 days ago... http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/242045-great-american-outdoor-show-page-3.html

If I were you I would email them myself, just so you have your own "copy" for piece of mind. It would sure suck to drive up to Harrisburg and found out that you have been misinformed.

General Inquiries and Event Information

Phone: 1-800-672-4868
Email: GAOS@nrahq.org

Yingpin · Feb 1, 2014

Thanks for the reply, had no issues at the show and was really comfortable. I am sure that it was because of the like minded people.

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miles71 · Feb 1, 2014

I'm headed to the show tomorrow for the day, first one so I'm excited. How was it?

PJDiesel · Feb 1, 2014

Blows PA Dropped FL.

I carried two years ago.

tailboardtech · Feb 1, 2014

miles71 said:
I'm headed to the show tomorrow for the day, first one so I'm excited. How was it?

See my post in the other thread, me and dad carried all day up there, carry is permitted on the farm show complex. Heck I even open carried up there during the fire expo

mark71211 · Feb 1, 2014

I feel like that is one place that I would not need to carry at? Only cause I would feel very safe with the fact I knowing that there will be a lot of law abiding citizens already carrying

Curmudgeon · Feb 1, 2014

mark71211 said:
I feel like that is one place that I would not need to carry at? Only cause I would feel very safe with the fact I knowing that there will be a lot of law abiding citizens already carrying

And how exactly do you know this? And what responsibility do those citizens have for your safety when you seem to abdicate your own involvement in it?

By the way, safety is not a feeling. Safety is a function of preparation.

miles71 · Feb 1, 2014

I meant how was the show, not how was the carrying

TD

swinokur · Feb 1, 2014

That place definitely wasn't a gun free zone. Wow, no crime there either.

Imagine that.

BradMacc82 · Feb 1, 2014

swinokur said:
That place definitely wasn't a gun free zone. Wow, no crime there either.

Imagine that.

Were the streets filled with blood?

Wild-west style shootouts?

Curmudgeon · Feb 1, 2014

BradMacc82 said:
Were the streets filled with blood?

Wild-west style shootouts?

Only every day. It's half the fun of living here, dancing in the puddles. o_0

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alucard0822 · Feb 2, 2014

In PA there are very few places actually prohibited and "no weapons" signs don't carry any legal weight, they can only ask you to leave. To each their own, but unless a place is legally off limit, or has metal detectors, I carry concealed.

PJDiesel · Feb 2, 2014

Saw some OC'ers today, refreshing. TONS of display guns being fondled, including about 6 DT·11s at the Beretta area ($9k dollar o/u).
Good time, but effin PACKED, wall to wall people.

Paperpounder · Feb 5, 2014

RMM69 · Feb 5, 2014

Good day at the show. I sported the sneaky Pete for the first time. After 5 minutes I didn't realize it was there. Not crowded at all. Got to see Ted Nugent,Ken Penrod, Lee & Tiffany Lakosky. Didn't notice any conceal carry going on but I was too busy looking at vendors so I wouldn't miss anything.

miles71 · Feb 5, 2014

I'm hoping to head back Saturday, but depends on weather. Friend of mine wants to look at some bows. I will prob have a hard time not spending money.

TD

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