Posted on 02/03/2023 7:59:48 AM PST by marktwain
On January 16, Monday, after coming back from the Industry Day at the Range, before the opening of the SHOT Show on Tuesday, this correspondent was outside in Las Vegas, on Tropicana Avenue, in front of Liquor World, taking a few pictures. The weather was cool, but not cold. It was overcast, without rain. A young black man drove up in a late model sporty car, parked, got out, and entered the store with an openly carried pistol stuck in his waistband.
As a writer for AmmoLand, this correspondent knew he had to take action. This correspondent formulated a hasty plan.
“I am a writer covering the SHOT Show. May I take a picture of your open carry pistol?”
The young man looked me up and down. Approaching a complete stranger in front of a liquor store is a mildly risky proposition. He answered:
“Who do you write for?”
“AmmoLand” was the reply.
I elaborated: I do not need to include your face or any identification. I simply want to document the open carry here in Las Vegas. He obviously had places to go and people to meet. After he agreed, I quickly took a couple of shots. We briefly chatted.
Apparent SD series Smith in an inside-the-waistband holster, Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, 2023
He stated he was glad they made open carry legal and wished they would do it everywhere. I told him I frequently open carry in Arizona. It was common there.
It was not the time or place to critique his holster or offer expert advice. A holster clipped to the inside of the waistband of sweatpants is not a practice I would normally recommend. Offering intimate advice about carrying weapons is not something I am willing to do with chance encounters in front of liquor
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Liquor World on Tropicana Avenue, minutes after the encounter.
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Wow, it didn’t spontaneously explode because somebody excersized their 2nd amendment rights.
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Dean should stop by our Smiths (kroeger) store sometime. Usually at least one OC shopping. Nobody (except Cali transplant karens) give it much notice. 😁👍
I was at a gun a show a couple years ago and there was a black guy carrying around an AR pistol. He looked like a teenager but I assume he was of legal age and I also assume he had it checked before coming in, but he was swinging it around like a toy with no respect at all. I kept telling myself, he has the same rights as I do. And I kept telling myself that over and over.
When I see open carry I get really worried. Worried that I would run out of money if I tried to buy all the guns I saw and would like to have.
Freedom...oh, the horror!
IN Fallon, Nevada, you can buy guns & ammo IN a liquor store.
Around his waist was a thick black belt and a large holstered handgun. I would estimate the size of a Sig P-226.....
I don't mean this in a derogatory way but that guy and his size and clothing made him as conspicuous as a black man at a KKK rally...........LOL!
hmmm open carry.
That just makes you the first target. But hey, freedom. Go for it.
—likewise, Pahrump Walmart, Albertssons or Smiths—
The guy with the backpack appears to be the same guy with the gun. So much for not taking a photo of his face.
Me, limited advertising. But those that do, 👍.
That must have been the most dangerous place on earth.
Not even close.
The man with the pistol left the area 2 minutes before the Liquor World picture was taken.
> you can buy guns & ammo IN a liquor store.
In the best of all possible worlds, the guns&liquor mart would have a drive-thru...
IIRC, back in the 70’s, the drive through liquor store in Tempe, AZ (on Rural Road just north of Apache, across the street from ASU) sold ammunition. I would sometimes ride my bicycle there to stock up before going shooting...however I typically just picked it up at the grocery store...
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