Alcohol is also a good solvent for Glocks and, I imagine, other polymer/nitrocarburized/stainless steel firearms. I learned this on the internet... blush ...but it's actually a viable recommendation.

I can't see an a priori necessity to prohibit alcoholic beverage consumption before/after a show when one is setting up tables. Drunken behavior is another matter. But respect for the rules trumps anyone's ideas about reasonableness. There should not have been an argument in this case.

I will not hunt, or shoot at a range, with anyone who has had so much as a sip. That has been my policy for about forever - and is not about to change.

Sam