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FKSSA:
I just thought I would pass on what I seen and herd at the Cabelas store in Kearney. A gentalman came in with a hand gun under his coat that was not completley covered and the customer service people aksed him to leave it at the counter for intimidation reasons with the other customers. One of the gun counter guys explained that as long as your gun is completely concealed and you have a permit that they would allow anyone to carry in the store but since this persons was visable they took it away. They also told him that if an officer would have seen it beeing carried this way he could loose his permit and firearm. I have no idea as to how much of this was right or wrong as I'm not a permit holder, but if any who dose know would like chime in maybe some other people would not have to deal with this. And who knows mayby the gentalman who this happened to is a member and could clarify this issue on here. I did not get a chace to talk with him before he left.

bullit:
1st He would not lose his permit.  He did not break any laws.  The only trouble he would face would be not leaving Cabela's should they ask him to.
2nd Stupid for giving them his firearm.
3rd Even stupider for allowing it to be "exposed"......

Dan W:
When you say "taken" do you mean forcibly?

There is no way Cabela's can forcibly disarm anyone. They can "ask" them to disarm or leave the store.

Refusing to leave when asked is armed trespass, and could well cause you to be arrested and lose your permit.

A troubling scenario in any case.

FKSSA:
They just asked him to leave it at customer service while he shopped and it did not appear to be a problem. I was just curious as to how you were suposed to carry and if by the gentelman not having the gun completely concealed if he was in the wrong. there was no problem that I could see by any of the people involved and the gn counter guy was telling him about the gun and permit being taken if seen by an officer, and I was wondering if that was true.

Dan W:
OK, this policy of Cabela's has been discussed before, and that is their stance. I don't like it , but I am firm believer in the rights of a property owner.

The right  to control who enters, and what they can do while they are on your property is not one I will ask somebody else to give up, when I would not give it up myself.

Cabela's does support carrying concealed, and we can work on getting them to allow open carry, but that is their choice, even though I  find it hypocritical to make a living off of firearms sales and at the same time restrict open carry of the same.

We can always choose not to buy from Cabela's until they change their mind

 

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