Anyone been to Tylers recently, can you carry your gun in there?

[John from MD]

I really don't like the idea of leaving it in the parking lot even in a locked box. If I can't take it with me, I'll just leave it home.

TIA

 

[E.Shell]

They've never had an issue. For a while, they asked if a person was carrying, and then just asked them to leave it holstered. Last time, they didn't ask. Dunno whether policy changed or they just know I'm carrying.

 

[Docster]

I really don't like the idea of leaving it in the parking lot even in a locked box. If I can't take it with me, I'll just leave it home.

TIA

Just give them a call for the accurate info

 

[Hibs]

Yes, you can carry there. I frequent their shop often.

They will ask if you’re carrying when you enter, if you say yes they just ask for you to leave it holstered unless necessary.

Or you frequent enough they stop asking.

 

[Bertfish]

If you go to a gun shop that requires you to disarm you need a new gun shop

 

[welder516]

Yep , this^^^^

 

[CaptChaos]

If you go to a gun shop that requires you to disarm you need a new gun shop

This. What kinda hypocritical gun shop demands you to disarm to patronize a business that sells firearms?

Even asking is too much, I’ve never been asked at PSG Armory or BassPro or anywhere else I’ve been.

 

[Mondial]

You can bring it into Tyler’s. Drawing a gun in a gun shop falls under the “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” category.

 

[RFBfromDE]

If I am bringing a sale/trade item it will me unloaded and cased.

I will be CC'ing my CC.

 

[Melnic]

I recall a sign on the wall that said something like this (paraphrasing). Have not been there since November though.
If you are concealed carrying, don't pull yours out and I won't have to pull mine out.

 

[John from MD]

Thank you gentlemen. I will be braving the storm to make my first visit mandated by the Geheime Staatspolizei to receive my CMMG Dissent 300 BO.

 

[linkstate]

This. What kinda hypocritical gun shop demands you to disarm to patronize a business that sells firearms?

Even asking is too much, I’ve never been asked at PSG Armory or BassPro or anywhere else I’ve been.

I've done a lot of business with Tyler's. They are good folks. There is a reason they ask and advise you to keep it holstered. There are too many stupid people walking around breathing the same air as the rest of us.

 

[linkstate]

I recall a sign on the wall that said something like this (paraphrasing). Have not been there since November though.
If you are concealed carrying, don't pull yours out and I won't have to pull mine out.

Not from their shop but the same sign.

ETA: That sign was up before Bruen and the flood of new folks carrying..

 

[TylerFirearms]

Our policy is that concealed carry is welcomed in our store. This is America, you have the right to defend yourself. We let everyone know that if you are carrying, to leave it holstered and not pull it out for any reason. Nobody cares if you're carrying a gun in a gun store, so are the rest of our customers. We don't have criminals hanging out waiting for the unsuspecting person to walk out so they can rob them. We get rid of those sketchy folks pretty quickly.

Do you have any idea how many times we've stared down the barrel of a loaded gun because some people have absolutely no concept of gun safety? We've all had so many heart attacks thinking, "This is it! I'm going to die right here, right now because of this moron." We are fed up with people whipping guns out of their pockets saying, "What?!? I said it was loaded!" Yeah, like that makes it totally acceptable to hand over a loaded gun. If someone is willing to whip a loaded gun out of their pocket, they probably aren't following any of the gun safety rules. It's only a matter of time before one of us gets shot, or best-case scenario, we have a hole in the wall. If I'm on one side of the store, and Eric is on the other, and a customer caps off a round, I'm going to assume we are being robbed and defend my employees and my store with enough force to immediately stop the attack. I won't know it's a negligent discharge due to stupidity until afterwards. How will that end well for anyone?

I had a guy this past Saturday that went to pull a loaded gun out of his jacket pocket not 5 seconds after I said, "If you're carrying a gun, do NOT pull it out for any reason whatsoever." When I said he could go to his car and unload and come back in, his response was, "F#$k this place." and he promptly left. How does anyone think that pulling a loaded gun out of your pocket in any store is a good idea? Someone needs to educate me on this because I've never been to a training class that said, "As long you tell them it's loaded, you can just do whatever you want."

So, our official policy is, carrying a gun in Tyler Firearms is allowed as long as it stays in your pocket or holster and does NOT come out for any reason whatsoever. We will make it public if that policy ever changes.


-- Chuck

 

[John from MD]

Thanks Chuck. Since I have been there twice in the last two weeks, I found out how it works. BTW, I would like to complement your salesmen as they are very helpful and also patient with a old guy who doesn't do touch screens well.

See you next week when I come to pick up my Dissent pistol.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Chuck,

Much respect for you and your employees.
I used to work in a car dealer's service department, and given the level of stupidity of the general public, you understand why I say the above.

Your story about the guy who said F this place, says it all.
I also have 0 quibbles over any gun shop restricting the number of people inside the shop at one time either.

For your protection and that of me and any other responsible citizen. Anyone not good with it, can go elsewhere.

 

[TylerFirearms]

Most people don't get it, but you do, so thank you for that. It gets real sketchy in the store when too many people come in. When things get hectic, that's when criminals typically make their move and bullets start flying.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Chuck,

I am glad that my friend John from Md came in to your shop. I have been there twice myself and planned to come back ASAP as well. Maybe John can meet up with me there or for a bite to eat before or after coming to your shop when he comes for his Dissent pistol.

Thanks Chuck. Since I have been there twice in the last two weeks, I found out how it works. BTW, I would like to complement your salesmen as they are very helpful and also patient with a old guy who doesn't do touch screens well.

See you next week when I come to pick up my Dissent pistol.

 

[John from MD]

Chuck,

I am glad that my friend John from Md came in to your shop. I have been there twice myself and planned to come back ASAP as well. Maybe John can meet up with me there or for a bite to eat before or after coming to your shop when he comes for his Dissent pistol.

We can do that if there is no snow predicted.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Most people don't get it, but you do, so thank you for that. It gets real sketchy in the store when too many people come in. When things get hectic, that's when criminals typically make their move and bullets start flying.

Chuck, thanks. It is a no brainer, and as guys like John, Ammo Jon, myself and others here who want nothing more than 100% safe stores, safe streets, safe gun ranges, safe homes, we also want as little environment to be present for bad things and bad actors to cause harm.

One of my first lessons I learned involving firearms was when my childhood friend was accidentally shot and killed in the apartment of his even longer childhood friend.
They were 17 years old and I was 18 at the time. I never asked the precise details of what happened, but I think I heard through the grapevine how the boys had this 22 pistol ( I am unsure if it was a semi auto or what) but my understanding was that he was checking it out when it discharged at close range, got an artery and he bled out very fast.

Once I got my first rifle at 22 years old, I instinctively knew not to point the muzzle at myself or anyone at any time, to verify that all guns are unloaded and clear, and even without a bolt, magazine, cylinder open, etc. Only at that time can the muzzle be trusted to look into, have a cleaning rod inserted etc.

I often ask myself if per chance I HAD been there with my other buddies, would Richard still be alive today? My diligent adherence to the rules of gun safety may have avoided the terrible.