Mayor of Harrisburg Response for show cancellation

**thefirstndsecond** · January 25th, 2013, 11:42 AM

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

Mayor Linda Thompson
Harrisburg Mayor's Office
10 N 2nd St, #202, Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 255-3040
FAX 717-255-3036
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/ind.../01/mayor.html

**pennlineman** · January 25th, 2013, 11:50 AM

No Linda, the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of you and other socialists just like you.

**rickybobby1099** · January 25th, 2013, 11:54 AM

Absolutely disgusting

**PocketProtector** · January 25th, 2013, 11:56 AM

Time to consider a sanctuary State

**MikeStaten** · January 25th, 2013, 11:59 AM

Not sure if there are any other venues large enough to hold that show but, if there are, we should boycott that show again until they move it out of Harrisburg.

**streaker69** · January 25th, 2013, 12:00 PM

Damn, I called that one!

**ChamberedRound** · January 25th, 2013, 12:00 PM

"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.

Linda, these same rifles you vilify are also used for hunting in many areas of the country.

"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."

More "illegal gun" crap. Get it straight, Linda: the weapons you're speaking of, namely semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15, FAL, etc. are rifles which under current federal and state law ARE NOT ILLEGAL. And God willing it'll stay that way.

Your Jedi mind-trick bullshit won't work. Just because you keep throwing the "illegal guns" meme out there doesn't mean we're buying it. Some will, but I won't. We will fight you and your ilk every step of the way to preserve our rights.

**Finster** · January 25th, 2013, 12:00 PM

Another nitwit to be voted out.

**Berks_Iraq_Vet** · January 25th, 2013, 12:05 PM

Another F@CKING IDIOT that needs to be relegated to the trash heap.

**CenterTree** · January 25th, 2013, 12:14 PM

"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, <<Well, she is right on this part, I mean gun control is illegal...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."

(above bold) > a minority?? Gee didn't the NRA pull out of the show.

I guess they pulled out because a small amount of members wanted to.