Exercising the Right
The Show Must Go On
Anti-gunners seem to never rest when it comes to dreaming up new ways to infringe on our Second Amendment rights. Their latest tactic appears to be legally preventing the organizers of gun shows from putting on these popular events for gun owners. The NBC affiliate in San Diego reported on December 9 about what the news deemed “an end of an era for the Crossroads of the West Gun Show.” The organizers of the event said that they’d love to continue the 30-year-old tradition of hosting the gun show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, but anti-gun activists are working to change the laws to prevent that from happening.
The board in charge of the fairgrounds voted to put all such types of events on hold. The agenda being pushed by the gun-grabbers is to completely ban the shows, or ban the sale of guns at the shows, or only permit gun shows that are “educational-only.” Rose Ann Sharpe, of neveragainca.org, explained to the NBC affiliate that her group believes guns should not be offered for sale on property owned by the government. “I’m feeling that the community has come together and made a statement…. That the proliferation and sale of guns and ammunition does not belong on public property…. This is a very large venue that glorifies guns on public property…. It just doesn’t need to be on public ground. It doesn’t need to be glorified by the state,” Sharpe told the NBC affiliate. The news also reported that California Governor-elect Gavin Newsom personally asked the board in charge of the fairgrounds to prohibit gun shows from occurring on public land.
Michael Schwartz, executive director of San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, told the NBC affiliate that even though things looked bleak in the short term, he was optimistic about the long term. “It’s just a matter of time before they kick all gun shows off public land…. What we’re going to do is find a new location on private property, and we’re going to make sure that the gun show continues, and that it’s bigger and better.” This is only the beginning of such bans, with similar efforts being tried in other counties in California, with the potential of spreading to other states.
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