A few years ago there was a shooting incident at Follies and right after that they installed a metal detector. I wonder if the damn thing is even working because they continue to pat down customers after passing through the detector. At first there was some groping being done for tips but that has stopped.
So is the thing actually working or is the fact that it is there a deterrent to customers bringing in weapons?
In this age of high performance composites, weapons don't have to be made of metal. Ceramic knives, composite knuckles and even single-use guns have all been successfully made of composite materials.
I’m pretty sure it’s either not working or not turned on. I’ve never seen it alarm and I always walk through it with my cell phone and keys. It’s just there for looks probably.
My S&W Bodyguard, which is a .380 auto is mostly composite material, with the exception of the barrel, and of course the bullets contained within, I have bypassed being wanded never tried to walk through a metal detector.
I don't know about the Follies detector, but I will second the idea that a metal detector doesn't prevent all weapons and someplace that's worried about that sort of thing is wise to have a pat-down too.
As far as south FL clubs with them, I'm not sure I know of any clubs with detectors but Monroes & Rhino in West Palm both have wands. I think I've been wanded at Solid Gold in Pompano too, but I could be confusing them with another joint.
I can't think of any clubs in South Florida that have one. Only club I can think of with one is Savannah's in Harrisburg. I want to say all the black clubs I've visited have a wand/frisk procedure, but the others haven't (I'm not counting Follies for obvious reasons).
Its a deterrent than offers a false sense of security.... Pat downs don't always work either. If someone really wants to shoot up a club they'll do it. It wouldn't be hard to shoot the door people and then shoot inside.
What would really help is people weren't fucking retards and had some coping skills and accountability rather than lashing out at the world.
It's not just about the metal detectors but also the people monitoring them. I regularly carry a firearm and went to a place where I'm really not supposed to carry. As my family and I got to the entrance, I noticed they were sending everyone through metal detectors. I had intended to leave my gun in the vehicle but just forgot and now I was a long ways from the vehicle and didn't feel like going back so I decided to take a chance. I emptied my pockets and walked through the metal detector to a conspicuous BEEEEP. The security guard looked at me and I raised the front of my shirt to show him my belt buckle and he waived me through.
I carry my pistols everywhere except strip clubs (don’t want the girl to make the wrong piece shoot it’s wad). I get through every single pat down. When I know there is a metal detector, I carry either my wallet sized 380 or my palm sized 22. I simply place it into my wallet and send it around the detector with my keys, phone and tons of coins. It is all a false sense of security. I have even been taken to jail after the cop patted me down and missed the weapon. I told them about it when at the desk. Told them they need better training on detection. I assume there are always weapons in any room full of people and thus keep alert.
Because I only go during the day I'm not sure, but perhaps they turn it on later in the evening. Agree with Code Monkey. A person trained to read the detector can let people pass through with keys and other types of metal. A good monitor will tell where the concentration of metal is located and how much metal there is.
Also agree with the comments about the composite makeup of weapons now. My p365 is mostly composite
@Nidan I'd hope the girls wouldn't confuse little Nidan with those tiny pistols you carry!
In the situation I described above I was carrying a S&W M&P 40c in an IWB holster so it would have been pretty obvious if they had given me even a cursory pat down.
"Never go to clubs with metal detectors. Sure it feels safe inside. But what about all those niggas waiting outside with guns? They know you ain't got one." -Chris Rock
twentyfive Lockn down the stripper you wanted/ and being a whiney little bitch Yesterday My S&W Bodyguard, which is a .380 auto is mostly composite material, with the exception of the barrel, and of course the bullets contained within, I have bypassed being wanded never tried to walk through a metal detector.
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20Fag just admitted to smuggling weapons into venues past metal detectors.
@faggy twat I never denied it but let’s meet up in a club me with my permitted concealed handgun, and you with your coke and crystal meth let’s see who they’ll allow in I’m betting it’s not you
Icey is the biggest ass blasted loser this place has ever seen, stop being such a fucking bitch, good god does you man beat the shit out of you every night or something?
As usual faggy and lloyd are threadjacking a serious thread, with their normal bullshit Bring back the block founder, this isn’t different opinions this is two fools with an agenda.
20fag, you were bragging about how you sneak weapons past metal detectors. Not sure why you need a gun in a strip club....Now you're saying people would be happy about my death and that you'd kill me if doing so would be cheaper. By the way, you're free to block people... but you don't coz you're a lil drama bitch
Fuckn funny shit coming from a plagiarist lying little bitch like you faggy, make no mistake about it you just project your insecurities all over, this here was a legitimate thread with mostly serious responses now you and your butt boy have hijacked what was a legitimate thread just to satisfy your own petty agenda Founder bring back the block
As for OP on Follies, about a year ago I was behind a guy with an aluminum cane. He walked in with the cane in hand and it did not go off. This was the beginning of day shift.
So apparently the sensitivity is set somewhere below detecting the equivalent of a shotgun barrel :-)
@codemonkey. Lol. I carry little pistols IF there are metal detectors that I need to bypass. I generally (90 percent of time) carry my Glock 30, 45 ACP and my SP101 357 magnum. Both of which get missed on pat downs at major venues.
I think the metal detectors are mainly to appease the local political body after an incident. In MA at Squires in Revere there was a shooting fatality about 18 years ago. Was not random and may have been low level mafia related. Metal detectors installed and still in use the last time I was there, within the past year. Mainly for show it seems.
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On my recent Houston trip seems most clubs I hit had a metal detector.
As far as south FL clubs with them, I'm not sure I know of any clubs with detectors but Monroes & Rhino in West Palm both have wands. I think I've been wanded at Solid Gold in Pompano too, but I could be confusing them with another joint.
What would really help is people weren't fucking retards and had some coping skills and accountability rather than lashing out at the world.
Also agree with the comments about the composite makeup of weapons now. My p365 is mostly composite
In the situation I described above I was carrying a S&W M&P 40c in an IWB holster so it would have been pretty obvious if they had given me even a cursory pat down.
"Never go to clubs with metal detectors. Sure it feels safe inside. But what about all those niggas waiting outside with guns? They know you ain't got one." -Chris Rock
Lockn down the stripper you wanted/ and being a whiney little bitch
Yesterday
My S&W Bodyguard, which is a .380 auto is mostly composite material, with the exception of the barrel, and of course the bullets contained within, I have bypassed being wanded never tried to walk through a metal detector.
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20Fag just admitted to smuggling weapons into venues past metal detectors.
Wait just a minute there ime, I thought that I was your number one enemy.
SJG
but I’m sure there are many out there that would enjoy hearing the news of your passing
Bring back the block founder, this isn’t different opinions this is two fools with an agenda.
Mamisan is back from the Donkey Ranch, so she will be out there to change you real soon 25.
And:
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SJG
Founder bring back the block
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So apparently the sensitivity is set somewhere below detecting the equivalent of a shotgun barrel :-)