how would they know you had one?
Just say “NO”.
;>)
My head hurts.
We were at Cabelas yesterday. Same sign they’ve always had. It said concealed carry was excluded from the requirement as long as it stayed concealed.
Banning? Or tacitly discouraging? Screw ‘em.
Among the other reasons, I really don’t like so much loaded gun handling within the store, and a wide variety of guns being handled by clerks.
When an action is repeated so often, the chance of accidental discharge goes up.
It's about brining in firearms for return, exchange, or repair.
Announcing to the clerk that you're CCW is dumb.
Don’t ask don’t tell. Not sure why you would comply except to see what they do.
Its called concealed carry for a reason.
Although, in many circumstances, this abject fear of the Left is understandable -- if not justifiable -- considering that the "leaders" of the "opposition party" have long since been separated from their cajones, preferring the more convenient and far less stressful strategy to "just get along with (i.e., pander to) the Left" rather than meet them with overwhelming force, courage and commitment to principles.
Lol what state is this in? Where I live, they’d run that Cabelas out of town ASAP.
Law-abiding concealed carry folks will obey the sign, or they will turn around and leave the store.
Armed felons will ignore the sign, do whatever they want.
Same as it ever was.
Carry policy cut and paste direct from the Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s website:
Concealed/Open Carry Policies:
If you have a valid concealed carry permit within the state where the store is located, we honor your right to carry if it is completely concealed.
Open carry of a handgun is allowed as long as the firearm remains holstered, except where prohibited by state or local law.
All local, state, and federal law enforcement officials and authorized persons are permitted to carry weapons openly in the store.
Seems like your local Cabela’s has it’s own policies that conflict with corporate policy.
Stop reading the signs
No hablo engles
After I retired from my grown-up career a worked for five years at the gun counter at Cabelas as a NICS examiner.this was before the merger with BassPro.
If you came into the store with a gun to sell, ship or repair, you had to have a gun counter person meet you at the door, make sure it was unloaded and walk it up to the gun counter. If you entered the store with holstered gun, no one cared so long as it stayed holstered. I don’t know what changed.
Now, if the store had visible armed security, that might be a different matter. But I will not participate in a gun-free zone that is not supported with on-site armed security.
The local Cabelas (Bass Pro) is “very proud” of the product they sell. Things that I want are usually pegged near or at MSRP at Cabelas. I’ll visit their store, just across the line in SC, but rarely, rarely buy anything. Try things on, hold a product in my hand, even rolled out a sleeping bag and lay down on it once...and then order the item thru a different, much cheaper vendor online...usually from the Cabelas parking lot.
They shouldn’t of pissed me off with their “Please declare all guns” kiosk at the front of the store. Screw’em.
I see you used the word "essentially". Would you please post the actual sign so informed Freepers can make their own decisions with real facts and not based on your opinion of what a sign "essentially" says?
My local Cabela's has a sign as well, but it is clearly only related to bringing guns in for servicing. I have never had even a hint that they were keeping a 'registry' for any purpose other than to make sure those guns are safely handled.
This is a misleading post bashing what I have found to be a very openly 2nd amendment-friendly business. You should at least amend the title if not pull it altogether unless you can provide a picture of a sign that actually fits your (mis)interpretation.
Love,
O2