RE: game of wwyd

[wrenchboy]

How about a game of WWYD

Ready to play ? Ok, here's the story. Like many I carry all the time, always vigilant for 30.06 signs etc. We have festivals downtown throughout the summer, my wife and I and friends manage to attend most if not all, which I carry at also, as do my buddys. So this last weekend we head down to hit the Ribfest, standing in line I scan for the prohibitve signs-none found. Just as we get to the entrance is a stand up banner with rules, i.e., cost to get in, alcohol on site, etc. But at the bottom of the list is "no concealed weapons allowed inside". Great....So......what would you do ? go in anyway, not go in at all, secure your weapon in your vehicle ??? I will let everyone ponder for a day, then I will tell you what I did and would have done different next time.
P.S. mods feel free to move to a better spot if nec. thanks

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Just because Texans think all their laws (including 30.06) apply everywhere, it doesn't mean you should be looking for 30.06 signs in Michigan. I doubt you'll find any that say 30.06 there.

And a prediction for the responses in this thread:

"Concealed means concealed."
"Does that sign have any weight of law? If not, go ahead!"
"Where their metal detectors? Then how would they know?"
"Why would you want to support places that don't support your right to carry?"
"Mmm, I sure do love ribs!"

 

[DC300a]

Jorg had it right.

Concealed means concealed and I sure do love them ribs.

 

[Monkeybear]

If I were married and with my wife I would silently deny their request for me to remove my concealed weapon.

If I were alone and really looking forward to having a good time at the festival I would probably not accommodate their request on the grounds that I wanted to go to the festival.

 

[Art Eatman]

I guess this can live here for a while, if it doesn't get silly or degenerate into harumphing...

, Art

 

[Biker]

Me? I'd look around for a metal detector and, depending on what I see, carry on.

I love ribs and beer.

Biker

 

[Mike Franklin]

You have to know Michigan to answer this?

 

[tulsamal]

In Oklahoma, businesses can put up all those signs they want. They still don't have any force of law and I laugh inside as I walk past them.

My only reservation to your situation is how much alcohol is being served? I will drink one beer with my meal and that's it. If you are planning to go in and drink a pitcher and then let the wife drive you home, you shouldn't be carrying a gun!

Gregg

 

[Mike Franklin]

Never ask someone if they're from Texas. If they are they'll tell you pretty quick. If they're not....there's no point in embarrassin'm.

 

[TeamPrecisionIT]

Wasn't that sign up due to their being alcohol served there? Isn't that par the course in most states in that you can't enter an establishment where alcohol is served? If that is the case, then I could respect the law and not carry. If I felt the need to have it while I was there going against that particular law, then I would not attend, JMO.

Damian

 

[Rich K]

If the total capacity is greater than 2500, or the primary business is serving alcohol, no CCW. I've carried plenty in restaurants that serve alcohol, but their primary business is serving food, not booze. Me personally, if that's what they want to post, so be it. I can get better ribs elsewhere anyway. No skin off my back.

 

[wrenchboy]

For those of you playing along at home, here's what I did. After a brief discussion with spouse, as in do we go in, not go in, disapoint her, etc. I returned to the car and secured the firearm in the car (lock box). I will tell you afterwards the more I thought about it the more I was upset with myself. To do it over again, I would have paid my money, went in and enjoyed good ribs, without disarming. As far as alcohol, when we go to festivals, I have one beer with dinner, then water or a pop the rest of the night. Oh, fill me in, what does harumph mean ???

 

[Bennett Prescott]

Can you please make your post coherent? Go in where? Why would you disarm yourself? Festivals?

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Apparently wrenchboy didn't want to reply directly to his own thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=384787

He had previously wowed us with a suspense-filled tale of his adventures attending a local festival involving the consumption of tasty meat. The climax was a gut-wrenching decision as to whether he should obey a sign and leave his sidearm outside while enjoying these culinary wonders or stand by his guns, so to speak. Sadly, he left us with a cliffhanger ending, forcing us to wait a day for this dramatic conclusion which surely warranted sitting on the edge of our collective seat waiting for the drama to play out.

 

[Justin]

Threads merged.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

This deserves a haiku:

Festival of ribs.
Sadness, guns are forbidden.
Left gun, consumed flesh.

 

[Seminole]

This deserves a haiku:

Festival of ribs.
Sadness, guns are forbidden.
Left gun, consumed flesh.

Ok, that's just weird. . . .

 

[Dravur]

harumph

Also used in a scene in the funny movie Blazing Saddles.

"I didn't get a Harumph outta that guy!"

back on topic, I would have gone in, inhaled enough ribs to make giving a "YABBA DABBA DO" very hard and waddled out at the end of it.