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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1323314, member: 26302"]Yeah, asking about the security is about as red a flag as you can ask. You are lucky he replied to you at all. It will depend on the show. A small show maybe won't have plain clothes cops, but there usually is only one entrance in and out, and have volunteers from the show sponsors like me manning the exits. I would be sitting at the desk at the entrance nominally advertising our club and collecting email addresses, but also had a carry permit and a 45 on me. Also, most of the dealers themselves had carry permits. There is a reason why shows do not get robbed, (except for maybe shoplifters), and almost any robbery you hear of is before or after the show. Trust me, if something happened, there are dozens of guns in that room.</p><p><br /></p><p>Larger shows will have plain clothes around, as we did when we hosted the larger state show one year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please guys, unless you want tailed, or get a bad reputation and make dealers extremely nervous, never ask about security, especially while you are AT the show. Dealers remember guys who ask questions like that. Even those who are involved with security never talk about it at the show in front of the public, if a dealer had a question we would go off away from others to discuss it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1323314, member: 26302"]Yeah, asking about the security is about as red a flag as you can ask. You are lucky he replied to you at all. It will depend on the show. A small show maybe won't have plain clothes cops, but there usually is only one entrance in and out, and have volunteers from the show sponsors like me manning the exits. I would be sitting at the desk at the entrance nominally advertising our club and collecting email addresses, but also had a carry permit and a 45 on me. Also, most of the dealers themselves had carry permits. There is a reason why shows do not get robbed, (except for maybe shoplifters), and almost any robbery you hear of is before or after the show. Trust me, if something happened, there are dozens of guns in that room. Larger shows will have plain clothes around, as we did when we hosted the larger state show one year. Please guys, unless you want tailed, or get a bad reputation and make dealers extremely nervous, never ask about security, especially while you are AT the show. Dealers remember guys who ask questions like that. Even those who are involved with security never talk about it at the show in front of the public, if a dealer had a question we would go off away from others to discuss it. Chris[/QUOTE]
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