I agree that when and where is very important. I've done a lot of displays at a lot of different venues both with and for either our Arms collectors Society or our MV club. Whenever firearms be they Live, dewat or replica I recomend dropping a line to the local constabulary via public events liason, a heads up courtesy call, and depending on the curcumctances nieghbors and local bussiness prevents as well, this helps prevent trouble. We have the right to do things but quite frankley In most cases we are middle class white guys who would have to pay for our own lawyers up against some lieberal who is working on our unlimited tax dollars.
Now I know the discussion has been about Dewats on Mv's but I have also been involved in demo's with blanks and events at ranges and despite a lot of planning and preperation things can still go wrong and generate adverse reactions. Something about putting the Pacific fleet and a number of Japanese Warships on alert should be considered an adverse reaction to be avoided
