Smith & Wesson® Withdraws from Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show

I'm a newbie here at the Firing line.....

A) My take on the verbiage of the "Eastern" show cancellation statement ,
is that it is a "Slam" to all gunners who protested...read it again ..


B) IMO this the beginning of the death-nell
of gun shows, and all other sporting hunting type shows..they will be
shunned out of existence... I'm sure the the upcoming battle for 2A,
something like "No public" gun exhibitions, etc. bills/laws will be introduced, as GUN will be a 4 letter word... In a few years, the shows will be jetskis, fishing, and skiing only :(

I hope I am wrong
 
"this the beginning of the death-nell of gun shows..."

Same thing was said in 1968.

In 1989.

In 1994.

And at various other times.

I normally say never say never, but I'm going to say you're not even remotely close to being on base...
 
Good job. Glad they had to cancel, I mean postpone the event. I hope all those who support gun control end up falling flat on their collective behinds.
 
adamc said:
B) IMO this the beginning of the death-nell
of gun shows, and all other sporting hunting type shows..they will be
shunned out of existence...
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What you're overlooking is the fact that Reed Exhibitions is a British corporation. They have no understanding of American culture or the American Constitution. I am certain that it never occurred to them that this little exercise in political correctness might cause any sort of backlash at all. Now that the cat's out of the bag, they are engaged in damage control ... but they have no idea how to control the damage.

It may have further consequences for them. I don't know who actually owns this show, but I do know that the NSSF owns the SHOT Show. I also know that I am not the only NSSF associate who has already written them to suggest they terminate their arrangement with Reed Exhibitions to manage the SHOT Show. I'm sure more such requests will be pouring in to the NSSF. Heck, it's not as if Reed does an especially great job with SHOT -- every year I hear numerous complaints about various aspects of the shindig that are totally fubar.
 
Good riddance to them. Why have a show about hunting and the outdoors if certain firearms are not allowed. I will spend my money elsewhere...No not just this show, but for a few more until I know that the folks who organize the event understand "we" have a long term memory.
 
Excellent result. Excellent message to send as well. I only hope that the news lands on more desks than just ours. Wonder if the VP has been notified... :rolleyes:


Willie

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Buzzcook said:
So is S&W forgiven for the safety lock on revolvers now?
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I'd say so, just like Ruger can be forgiven for Bill Ruger's compromises. Both companies now produce ARs, concealed-carry guns, and hi-cap pistols for the public, and both have really gone to bat for us this time around.

At a certain point, as a community, we're going to have to let bygones be bygones.
 
It's one thing to tell (the entirely fictitious) "Billy Bob's Bang Sticks" from Oil Trough, Arkansas, that you won't issue them a refund.
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Hey, that's right down the road from me. Nice selection of bang stick and some tasty hog trotters too.
 
Most major companies cooperated to some extent.

SW - we know. Taurus funded the electronic safe gun research. Colt was big into that also. Ruger - we know about Bill.

Hopefully they got the message now - as if Diane's bill passes, most of their lines vanish. So we go with current behavior (but verify - :D - but Ronnie was an AWB fan).

So good for SW on this show.
 
Hopefully they got the message now - as if Diane's bill passes, most of their lines vanish. So we go with current behavior (but verify - - but Ronnie was an AWB fan).
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Exactly. The "action shooting sports" drive a much greater volume of firearms, ammo, mags and accessories. If they support these proposed bans or vendors that voluntarily support them, then we go back to buying a bolt action once every 25 year, one extra mag, 2 boxes of ammo every year, and maybe a standard $250 scope. Hunting and bullseye target shooting. Or maybe speed steel events using NEF Handi Rifles?
 
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