Del Mar Gun Show To Return Following Legal Victory

By Tom Knighton

Local officials wanted to kill the Del Mar Gun Show.

Despite no documented cases of anyone doing anything illegal at the show so far as I’ve been able to find, local lawmakers wanted to shut down the popular gun show for one simple reason. They find guns icky.

Oh, that’s not how the phrased it, mind you, but that’s what it all boiled down to. Guns made them feel uncomfortable, so they had to shut down the gun show.

That led to a court case and guess who lost that one? Spoiler: It wasn’t the gun show.

Now, the show is back on the schedule.

Gun shows will be back at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in September and December following a judge’s order that a ban on the shows be lifted until a final ruling is made in a federal lawsuit.

The fair board voted last year to stop the shows until it could develop a policy that would allow displays without sales of firearms or ammunition. The action was in response to outcry following the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. in February of 2018.

The owners of the shows, Crossroads of The West, sued the board, arguing that the shows are protected …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms