...to allow firearm sales in downtown/Main Street
https://www.carrollcountytimes.com/...l4vq_-_-q7X3NMaSBtbO_v7wnui8wOqGE4O77WMIy05v0
https://www.carrollcountytimes.com/...l4vq_-_-q7X3NMaSBtbO_v7wnui8wOqGE4O77WMIy05v0
A) yay!
B) WTF:
" .... and the building must have a loading and unloading station “comprised of heavy steel enclosures.”
Councilman Gregory Pecoraro, .... inquired about purpose of the loading and unloading area. “Why would there be loaded firearms in this facility?” he asked.
“You would have police officers going in and out of there potentially, if they’re going to handle firearms there, [the officers] may choose to unload theirs to make sure there’s no live ammunition in the area,” Chiavacci chimed in. “That’s a pretty common safety standard. Any time you’re handling firearms, you don’t want any live ammunition anywhere where it could be mistakenly inserted into the weapon as you’re doing things with it.”
Those with concealed carry permits, allowing them to wield a firearm, would also need to unload their weapons in the facility, Chiavacci added. “It’s good to have a specific designated area to do that because if you do have an accidental discharge it goes into a safe repository. … If you’re doing it properly into an unloading barrel or unloading device, it goes into that instead of someone’s foot.”
The loading and unloading of live rounds supports the mayor’s point, said Dominick, who added that he owns a gun."
What is considered "downtown", since there's a shop just off Main Street (on Court, I think) by where the Republican HQ was).
They allow a crappy bike store that smells like cat piss in the middle of their town but gun sales and a tattoo place...a bridge too far.
I personally find the LESS folks handle a loaded firearm the LESS of a chance there is for a gun to go off.
Having a police officer or CCW holder unload their weapon adds the chance of a round going into someones foot.
I've never seen this in any other gun store.
Granted if they are doing training and not just sales perhaps it isn't an awful idea but why legislate it?
The issue is why legislate it? There's a thousand good ideas out there. When it's not common practice in the industry why add an additional burden on someone because you are a "gun owner" and think it is a good idea?
Per the short article who knows if they (the government) will put it in the zoning that all guns must be unloaded upon entering. At that point is it an issue? I doubt they put a requirement for an unloading box and not attach any rules to it. In the article they state some police officers who are armed might be entering the business. They make it seem like that's an issue to have a holstered and loaded gun inside the store.
If it was geared towards the training side of things then sure. I wouldn't want to instruct a class or run through practical role playing or video game situations with loaded guns in the room.
If they are just requiring the owner to buy or build a hundred dollar spot to unload the firearm and leave it at that then maybe it isn't a big deal. But when you add cost, ones that aren't associated with other places selling the same items, where does it stop? Will they make Dicks put in a box? They sell guns...how about Wal-Mart? Are we only targeting one business with this special unloading box? That's an issue to me in the principle of government.
I agree with you on the issue... But I also see that it is not something we should be railing against in practice. There are other battles which are more important. And it is not simply a "good idea". It is the same as keeping one's booger hook off of the bang switch... It is SOUND doctrine. It is responsible. And LGS and Range owners should provide it for their clientele.
RD, I agree but if. The question then becomes what is adequate, a 55 gallon drum filled water or sand or say a Binford Round Eater that can safely unload an M1 tank. Once something likes this is legislated the gov't can put undue hardship on the business to have the very "best" equipment if it wants to retain its license.
I don't know about you all, but I was taught and trained that a firearm is "Always" considered loaded until "you" removed the magazine and visually inspected the chamber. This was and to me always rule number one, never to be discounted as consequence of a fatal discharge cannot be reversed. I have always during my training and career used a clearing barrel. I don't think it is something that should be discouraged, if one desires to have one. There is always individuals that will take things to extremes.
As usual, I am the dumbest sunuvabitch to ever draw breath, as I have never noticed one of these stations in any gun shop, or range.
That is how I STILL view ALL firearms...
But... the actual practice of unloading... will never be safer than when it is performed at a safe unloading station. And I have yet to see any stock OEM equipped vehicle on a LGS or Range parking lot... that was a safe unloading station.
I HAVE... however... seen experienced shooters who have put a round through the floor, firewall, or door of their vehicle.