Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:25 PM Jan 2013

Some gun shows canceling in wake of Newtown school shooting

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Four gun shows, all about an hour's drive from Newtown, Conn., all canceled.

A show in White Plains, N.Y., — brought back a few years ago after being called off for a decade because of the Columbine shooting — is off because officials decided it didn't seem appropriate now, either. In Danbury, Conn. — about 10 miles west of Newtown — the venue backed out. Same with three other shows in New York's Hudson Valley, according to the organizer.

Gun advocates aren't backing down from their insistence on the right to keep and bear arms. But heightened sensitivities and raw nerves since the Newtown shooting have led to toned-down displays at gun shows and prompted some officials and sponsors to cancel the well-attended exhibitions altogether.

Some of the most popular guns will be missing from next weekend's gun show in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., after show organizers agreed to bar the display and sale of AR-15 military-style semiautomatic weapons and their large-clip magazines.

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/some_gun_shows_canceling_in_wa.html#incart_river_default

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Some gun shows canceling in wake of Newtown school shooting (Original Post) SecularMotion Jan 2013 OP

Excellent News - No Need For New Gun Shows - Now Let's Work To Repeal The 2nd Amendment cantbeserious Jan 2013 #1

Let us know how that goes. ;) n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #2

Newtown Was The Catalyst - Changing Thoughtful Americans Opinion One Mind At A Time - Going Well cantbeserious Jan 2013 #3

Just another opinion here... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #4

Thank You - Societies Can Change And Do Change Over Time - The Campaign Continues cantbeserious Jan 2013 #5

Let me guess... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #6

I'm Here All The Time - Persistent Internet Connection - Two Screens - Multitasking Continuously cantbeserious Jan 2013 #7

Always a pleasure. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #8

Thanks For The Suggestion - However - Not Into Violence-Based Games cantbeserious Jan 2013 #9

"witticisms" = "Violence-Based Games"??? discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #10

One Person Shoot 'em Ups - What Else Would That Type Of Game Be Than Violence-Based? cantbeserious Jan 2013 #11

It's a keyboard. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #12

Except that your current "campaign" sylvi Jan 2013 #14

My husband was at the one here in florida this morning Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #13

Hopefully they'll be reschedule, and on the plus side better stocked. ileus Jan 2013 #15

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

1. Excellent News - No Need For New Gun Shows - Now Let's Work To Repeal The 2nd Amendment

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:28 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

2. Let us know how that goes. ;) n/t

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:30 PM

Jan 2013

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

3. Newtown Was The Catalyst - Changing Thoughtful Americans Opinion One Mind At A Time - Going Well

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:33 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

4. Just another opinion here...

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:42 PM

Jan 2013

...I give you a C+ for the awkward analogy. Cheers

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

5. Thank You - Societies Can Change And Do Change Over Time - The Campaign Continues

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:44 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

6. Let me guess...

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:47 PM

Jan 2013

...you're here all week.

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

7. I'm Here All The Time - Persistent Internet Connection - Two Screens - Multitasking Continuously

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:49 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

8. Always a pleasure.

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #7)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:54 PM

Jan 2013

Check out this keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA11P0C88197&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL010313&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL010313-_-EMC-010313-Index-_-Keyboards-_-9SIA11P0C88197-L025C

Programmable keys enable one to store any favored witticisms.

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

9. Thanks For The Suggestion - However - Not Into Violence-Based Games

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 03:57 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

10. "witticisms" = "Violence-Based Games"???

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 04:00 PM

Jan 2013

That explains a lot.

cantbeserious

(13,039 posts)

11. One Person Shoot 'em Ups - What Else Would That Type Of Game Be Than Violence-Based?

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 04:04 PM

Jan 2013

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)

12. It's a keyboard.

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #11)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 04:08 PM

Jan 2013

Do I need to type that a bit more slowly??

sylvi

(813 posts)

14. Except that your current "campaign"

Reply to cantbeserious (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 05:53 PM

Jan 2013

Except that your current "campaign", just like every one that has come before, has caused such a run on gun dealers that the very items you seek to decrease are now on months-long backorder. It has ever been thus.

There's some old saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results...

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)

13. My husband was at the one here in florida this morning

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 04:17 PM

Jan 2013

and he said it was crazy. They were giving out free passes for tomorrow and turning people away because so many people showed up that the fire marshall was threatening to close it because it was too full and over the code limit.

ileus

(15,396 posts)

15. Hopefully they'll be reschedule, and on the plus side better stocked.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Jan 5, 2013, 06:49 PM

Jan 2013

Most all the AR's and AK's are gone at the moment, not to mention ammo. Delaying these shows a month or two will result in a much better buying experience for the customers that show up.

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