To the Contrary Feb 7, 2010
Background checks are required for purchases on guns sold at gun shows -- by licensed dealers only. Currently, anyone can rent a table at a gun show within the state and sell guns privately, no different from buying one from your neighbor -- no background check required, no laws broken. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Sports shows, fishin' just around corner Feb 5, 2010
- Feb. 20-21 Effingham Gun Show, KC Hall, Effingham. - Feb. 27-28 Bloomington Gun Show, Gateway Center, Bloomington ... -March 13-14 Belleville Gun Show, Fairgrounds, Belleville. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A nice set of guns Jan 23, 2010
Dozens of gun dealers and more than a thousand guns arrived in Odessa on Friday in preparation for the Permian Basin Gun Show, a two-day event expected to draw several hundred firearm aficionados this weekend ... It s like a flea market with guns, said Jon Thomas, owner of Gun Sport, Ltd. in Odessa, who has attended many gun shows ... Many participants are attracted by the element of surprise and the thrill of discovery afforded by the gun show, Pokorny said. (Odessa American, TX)
'Situation ethics' seems to control behaviors in large groups of people Jan 22, 2010
It was large gun show in Indianapolis. The scene takes place indoors at the fairgrounds. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Gun control group gives Obama failing grade; says it's been disappointing year Jan 19, 2010
How about those Gun shows where one can walk in and walk back out with a weapon ... And how about those gun shows ... If you buy from a dealer at the gun show you will have a NICS check run on you before you are able to make the purchase. (TheHill.com)
An event of the highest caliber Jan 18, 2010
Big Events wrote on Jan 17, 2010 2:22 PM:" Iin olden days the entertainment choice Shakespeare or next door other shows like bear baiting. How Times have changed. The biggest thing in Wasilla today is the gun show or you could go to the play across town.See you at the show ". WRITE A COMMENT. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
