The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show: $44mil. Lost

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The office of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson described as "unfortunate" the news that the Eastern Sports and Outdoors 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."

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Stupid heafer, another libterd that doesn't get it! Eff her!

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Mayor Thompson is a twitt, she twice referenced ILLEGAL military style weaponry, UM, Linda, they aren't Illegal, yet anyway.

This debacle was caused by a show promoter that unilaterally decided to exclude a large and profitable sector of the LEGAL firearms market from its show. Many of the boycotting vendors were directly affected as they wern't allowed to sell their products.
Its unlikely that it will be rescheduled as some time in June (I think) is the earliest opeinig the Farm Show Complex has for this show. By then most outfitters will be busy in the field, and show attendance would be very low as well.
What I find hypocritical in Thompson's statement is the fact that the Farm Show Complex is host to about three LARGE guns shows per year and they most certainly have A LOT of 'modern sporting rifles' for sale there. I attended two such shows there last fall. She never mentioned being upset about the presence of the guns then.
Harrisburg is in terrible financial condition and this certainly won't help their bottom line either.