Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show postponed

[TK421 2]

Harrisburg's mayor, Linda Thompson, wasn't too happy. (She's also a supporter of MAIG.) Her statement is polarizing.

 

http://www.pennlive....3/01/mayor.html

 

The office of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson described as "unfortunate" the news that the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show, scheduled for Feb. 2 at the Farm Show Complex, would be postponed to an undetermined date.

 

The postponement came after hundreds of vendors decided to boycott the show in response to a decision by organizer Reed Exhibitions to ban assault-style weapons and ammunition from the show. The mayor's office issued this statement:

 

"It is unfortunate that Reed Exhibitions of Norwalk, Conn., has made the business decision to postpone the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show scheduled for the City of Harrisburg in February.

 

"It is also unfortunate that legal gun owners and the many families who have enjoyed a long tradition of hunting in the beautiful rural environment around the region will be deprived of this major event because of a controversy caused by firearms manufacturers who profit from the sale of weapons designed for the mass killing of human beings.

 

"Many regional arms and outdoor vendors and related services have been hurt by the postponement as well. This kind of conflict within the firearms community is the result of years of polarization between the majority American sportsmen and hunters who exercise their constitutional right to bear arms and at the same time favor reasonable illegal gun controls, and a minority of NRA members who refuse to recognize the very real problem of illegal military style weaponry and the mass havoc such weapons facilitate."

 

She is obviously a tool incapable of grasping what just happened, perhaps Harrisburg might not be the proper location for future shows given the ignorant, divisive and misguided tone of their elected official's position on the situation.

[njpilot 671]

Harrisburg's mayor, Linda Thompson, wasn't too happy. (She's also a supporter of MAIG.) Her statement is polarizing.

 

http://www.pennlive....3/01/mayor.html

 

The office of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson described as "unfortunate" the news that the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show, scheduled for Feb. 2 at the Farm Show Complex, would be postponed to an undetermined date.

 

The postponement came after hundreds of vendors decided to boycott the show in response to a decision by organizer Reed Exhibitions to ban assault-style weapons and ammunition from the show. The mayor's office issued this statement:

 

"It is unfortunate that Reed Exhibitions of Norwalk, Conn., has made the business decision to postpone the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show scheduled for the City of Harrisburg in February.

 

"It is also unfortunate that legal gun owners and the many families who have enjoyed a long tradition of hunting in the beautiful rural environment around the region will be deprived of this major event because of a controversy caused by firearms manufacturers who profit from the sale of weapons designed for the mass killing of human beings.

 

"Many regional arms and outdoor vendors and related services have been hurt by the postponement as well. This kind of conflict within the firearms community is the result of years of polarization between the majority American sportsmen and hunters who exercise their constitutional right to bear arms and at the same time favor reasonable illegal gun controls, and a minority of NRA members who refuse to recognize the very real problem of illegal military style weaponry and the mass havoc such weapons facilitate."

 

Maybe someone need to school this mentally ill individual on what the 2nd Amendment actually means.

[Ray Ray 3,566]

If the "majority of American sportsman and hunters favor reasonable gun control", why was the event postponed then?

 

Another fool

[Parker 213]

Op-Ed piece from Sunday's Forbes about the postponement of ESOS. Interesting read:

 

Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show: What Postponement of the U.S.'s Largest Gun Show Says About America

 

http://www.forbes.co...-about-america/

[Smokin .50 1,907]

This is a lose-lose situation! We (Gun Guys) lose if we get a show cancelled.......AND we would lose if the show still goes on since the Libtards would use it as ammo against us by twisting it into, "See, there are only a few Gun Nuts that want black rifles".

 

Getting the 2A message out there about WHY the show was flushed down the toilet is our best hope! And it should be a lesson to all other promoters! The SHOT Show is looking to replace Reed as I type this, lol!

 

Dave