#7280036 - 01/07/13 08:46 AM
Ontario gun show
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Registered: 04/10/11
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Loc: central texas
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what was the big deal about the gunshow? on the news this morning, but didn't hear the whole bit, something about being a Big crowd.
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#7280095 - 01/07/13 09:00 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
[Re: texken]
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Registered: 02/10/03
Posts: 12694
Loc: Ontario, Canada
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Ontario California!
I thought you meant Canada, hahaha.
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#7280120 - 01/07/13 09:06 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
[Re: mad_dog]
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Registered: 08/06/05
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Loc: Eastern Nebraska
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http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/...-185769562.htmlWith supply low and demand high, gun owners flocked to the Ontario Convention Center this weekend to stock up on ammunition at the state’s first gun show since a mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school reignited the dormant gun control debate and increased sensitivity across the nation to firearms.
Some 6,000 people had filled the center by Saturday afternoon, and more than double that figure is expected to attend the event, which is open to the public and ends Sunday. The massive turnout is something even the Crossroads of the West Gun Show promoter didn’t expect.
"Nationally manufacturers can't keep up demand for firearms or ammunition," said Bob Templeton, with Crossroads of the West Gun Shows. "There's no ammunition at stores, I'm understanding, anyway."
Hundreds of gun enthusiasts wrapped around the convention center to enter the gun show and inside the packed convention center, 720 tables display firearms, not including assault weapons similar to those used in the Newtown, Conn., massacre.
The ammunition tables became so congested on Saturday that promoters had to reroute the crowd.
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#7280428 - 01/07/13 10:34 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
[Re: Lightfoot]
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Campfire Guide
Registered: 05/25/11
Posts: 3425
Loc: Oregon
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Our very small local show this last weekend had ammunition selling and quite few people trying to sell AR style rifles. Dealers were capitalizing on AR's prices, not sure of sales. I was looking for FN 5.7 ammo that I used to pay $21/50 for. Ran $45-75/50 and the $45 boxes were sold in the few minutes it took me to circle the small room. Normally I hunker down at times like this, but I'm sitting up noticing things this time around.
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#7280461 - 01/07/13 10:43 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
[Re: Fireball2]
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Registered: 11/17/05
Posts: 5927
Loc: Annapolis, Md.
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Oh, to be a gun show promoter these days, with a big venue. Would make for a nice payday.
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#7280501 - 01/07/13 10:56 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
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Registered: 12/29/05
Posts: 5658
Loc: San Antonio, Texas
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I went to a show this weekend. It was a packed house. Lots of bubbas walking around with their ARs or anything else that liberals would call "mean looking." Their prices were nuts and a lot of them were a little disappointed in the outcome. I was also at a Cabelas recently were the gun manager stated that 45 ARs came in one morning and were gone in an hour. Though, they didnt raise their prices to match the hype.
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#7280650 - 01/07/13 11:40 AM
Re: Ontario gun show
[Re: RAS]
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Campfire Guide
Registered: 05/25/11
Posts: 3425
Loc: Oregon
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You think they could have shown, sold, and performed paperwork on 45 AR's in one hour??? Seems a bit over the top, I bet exaggerated just a wee bit.
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