Posted on 01/22/2013 1:12:19 PM PST by ConservativeInPA
It looks more and more like Flo from Progressive Insurance will be watching the Bloomberg Network on Comcast by herself at the Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show. This comes after Reed Exhibitions, a UK based company, prohibited the display and sale of certain tactical weapons, high-cap magazines and would not allow vendors to display logos of some American manufacturers that vendors sell.
A boycott of the show by conservative sportsmen and businesses throughout the country continues to gain momentum. The show originally had Cabelas, The Outdoors Channel as sponsors, now the sole remaining sponsors are Progressive Insurance and Comcast - two very liberal companies.
The boycott is all over the news and local radio talk shows in Central PA. A Facebook page for the boycott has gained over 10,000 friends in the last several days. This far surpasses the Show's official Facebook page.
Nearly all guest speakers and celebs have boycotted the show, causing the promoter to change their website graphics at the last minute to basically look barren.
This is a huge win for thousands of conservatives working behind the scenes make the boycott work to protect our 2nd Amendment rights.
2 Million Bullets, 24/7 Hunting TV, Alaska’s Ravencroft Lodge, Alaskan Outdoors TV, Ambush Firearms, American Whitetails of PA, Antler Insanity, Apex Tactical, Appalachian Big Game TV, Arrowhead Outdoors, Athens Archery, Atlantic Tactical, Avian X Decoys, Bangin Redhedz Turkey Gear, Bear Archery, Blitz TV, Bohning Archery, Boondock Outdoors, Bow Hunter’s Den, Bow Life, LLC, BowHunter Planet, Bowhunting.com, Cabela’s, Camo Addiction, Campbell Cameras, CanCooker, Cochrane River Outfitters, Cody Turkey Calls, Cold Steel Knives, Combative Edge, Continental Divide Outfitters, Cross Canyon Arms, Cutting Edge Bullets, Darkwoods Blind, DCVR, Dead Ringer, Deer and Deer Hunting.com, Direct Action Tactical Firearms, Dirty Dog Outdoors, Domari Nolo Defense Consulting, Dominance is Everything Hunting System, Dominator 365, Down N Dirty Outdoors, Driven TV, Droptine Outfitters, DuckWater Boats, Eastern Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation, Eastern Outdoors, Easton Bow Hunting, Excalibur Crossbow US, Inc, Farmland Trophies Outfitting, Fear No Evil, Field Proven Calls, Firearms Industry Consulting Group, Flatline Productions, Foiles Migrators, Inc, Forbes Turkey Calls, FOXPRO High Performance Game Calls, Full Circle Outdoors, Furtakers TV, Ghost River Outfitters – Alberta, Gone Wild Outdoors, Goodling Rifles, Gut N Tag, LLC, H.S. Specialities, Heartland Whitetails, Hevi-Shot, High Lonesome Outfitters, HookHunt, Hoyt Archery Inc, Hunter Safety Systems, Hunter Specialties w/ Rick White, Hunters and Guides Connection, Hunters Comfort, LLC, Hunter’s Specialties, Huntin’ Is Good! TV, IceHole Coolers, International Bowhunting Organization, Iron Kin Hunt Club, IScope, J & M Traditions, Keystone Country Store, Keystone Elk Country Alliance, King of the Mountain Inc., Kinsey’s Outdoors, Kodabow, Lancaster Archery Supply, Major League Bowhunter, Men in Treestands Productions, Midwest Whitetail Adventures, Mindful of Nature LLC, Mountain Dog Chews, Muddy Outdoors, Muskie Moose, LLC, NasHunt Outdoors, Nature Blinds, LLC, NasHunt Outdoors, Northern Hideaway Outfitters, Northern Outdoor Lodge, Northern Wilderness Outfitters, Old Goat Outdoors, Open Season TV, Outdoor Channel Outfitters, Outdoor Edge Knives, Outdoor Specialist Group, Outdoorsnative.com, Ozonics Hunting, PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, PA Taxidermist Association, Inc, Pat Strawser Custom Calls, Pennsylvania Trappers Assoc., Perry’s No Peep Archery Site, Pipeline Ridge Hunting Preserve, Primal Urge Outdoors, Primos Hunting Calls, Proc’s Huntin Buddy, PSE Archery, Radical Hunter, Ranew’s Outdoor Equipment, Red Star Arms, Revolution Hunting, Rhino Outdoors, Rougeaux Taxidermy, Ruger, S & W Outfitter, SecureIt Tactical, Skull Shine, Southern Game Calls, Spook Span, Sportsmen of North America TV, State Line Bone Mine, Staudt’s Gun Shop, Stay Ready Inc, Stokerized Stabilizers, Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Assoc, Table Mountain Outfitters, Team Overkill, The Bear Whisperer, The Outdoor Channel, The Outdoor Loop, The State Line Bone Mine a NW Missouri and Iowa outfitter, The Warmbag, Timberline Outfitters, TNT Archery, Tough Country, Trijicon, Inc, Triple Mag TV, Trop Gun Shop, Turnbull Manufacturing, U Slide Bow Hunter, Ultimate Camo, Umax Outdoors, Upper Canyon Outfitters, Wallaston Lake Lodge, Tex Mex Outdoors, The Warmbag, Watson Air Lock, Watt’s Truck Center, Whitetail Bosses, Whitetail Freaks, Whitetail Heaven Outdoors, Whitewolfsurvivalsupply.com, Wired Outdoors, Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania, X-Stand Treestands, Zink Calls, Zook Cabins
SMITH & WESSON JUST PULLED OUT!
LOL Somebody might want to inform them that the big show has been effectively cancelled.
Progressive Insurance is a sponsor? That is solely enough reason for me NOT to attend. The owner of Progressive is a rabid liberal. I wouldn’t have their insurance if they gave it to me.
A trade show without people walking among the booths is a waste of good marketing money. In addition to having issues with the display restrictions I’m guessing that many of the pull-outs are in anticipation of a weak attendance.
good news.
What happens if no one comes to see this “show”?
I’m loving this! Bout damn time conservatives start using economic tactics like the libs have for years!
Are there any booths left? probably all empty at this rate
Limey gun grabbers today and back during the American Revolution
are there going to be protestors outside the show discouraging people from attending?
The only booth at that show will end up being the democrat party registration booth.
tories.
conservatives can make Reed Exhibitions regret their move.
Maybe they wil move the show to the local Roller skating rink, they don’t need a lot of room now, they may hold it in a phone booth.
Where would they find a phone booth?
This show is massive.
http://www.easternsportshow.com/
All of their headline celebrity speakers have bailed.
the former british owners of s&w almost destroyed the corporation by lapdoging the clinton administration.
warm-beer-drinking, meat-boiling, prattle-yammering, left-hand-driving, tea-swilling wankers!
S’what ya get for being so prim, progressive, politically-proper...........
formerly massive at any rate
They are getting pretty scarce, Maybe they could rent a Jiffy-John an have the show in the basement.
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