I've always felt on this to treat
your prop as if it was a real gun.
If I'm in costume and out in public , I carry it by its handle.
When transporting it by car I keep it in the trunk.
If I'm in my normal clothes I carry it by its barrel or stock.
Either way it is less provocative and less likely to be perceived that I'm ready to use it or that it is a real gun.
I have been lucky that any time I have worn it out in public
I have NEVER been hassled by police for carring it .
We of the So. Calif . Garrison have been out trooping
at the HUGE West Hollywood Halloween carnival
quite a few times and always been treated by the local PD
with open arms , and most of the time THEY would come up to us wanting to get pics of & with us.
A highlight for me was getting to be up on a motorcycle PD's bike IN FULL FETT !! I had my blaster out in one hand firing up over the front windshield .
Luckily for me a friend had his camera
and I got pics from the event
WHAT A RUSH !!
But remember non fans might think what your carrying is real.
If it is an organized outdoors event ask the organizer if its OK to bring your blasters.
Each year we do the city of hope children's cancer ward picnic
in Griffith park here in Los Angeles.
The leaders of the event ask us NOT to bring out blasters
because the event is held in a public park.
Besides the kids don't seem to care , and seeing them smile and laugh for one day to forget what they have to fight every other day is whats it all about.
Max
