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“This is the Wild West”(At America's largest traveling gun show, ammo's cheap)
salon.com ^ | 16 September, 2012 | Chris Arnold

Posted on 09/17/2012 6:53:56 AM PDT by marktwain

Crossroads of the West bills itself as the biggest traveling gun show in America, a bastion for constitutional rights where freedom lovers can exchange weapons, ammunition and ideas. The 35-year-old company promotes events in four states – Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah – and last year’s shows drew more than 407,000 customers at up to $16 bucks a pop. Last weekend, Crossroads occupied the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, and although these expos swing through the area regularly, the parking lot filled up fast.

There’s a seasonal element to the high traffic. Monsoon thunderstorms have cooled the desert lately, and temperatures in the mid-80s draw folks outside before the mercury spikes back into the triple digits. But there’s also a political element. Even by American standards, gun violence has been in the news a lot this year, and this show comes right on the heels of national political conventions where – even if candidates didn’t say much about guns – party platforms revealed two very different interpretations of the Second Amendment. There’s a sense of urgency on the airwaves. Local talk radio pundit Steve Kates hosts the two-hour weekly show “A Call to Rights” on KFNX 1100, the “independent talk” station that broadcasts Don Imus and Mike Savage across the Valley of the Sun. Last Saturday, the show featured Crossroads owner Bomb Templeton as guest numero uno, advising listeners on the impact the November election could have on their constitutional rights. Between Templeton’s appearance, word of mouth, and advertisements plastered in bus stations and on billboards for miles, anyone who likes guns probably knows where to go for competitively priced ammo between football games this weekend.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; constitution; crossroads; gunshow
This long article about guns including mention of the coverup arrests in Fast and Furious, yet not one mention of Fast and Furious, gunwalking or BATFE malfeasance. This guy lives in a parallel universe.
1 posted on 09/17/2012 6:54:02 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

The writer, in this snarky article, is oblivious to the fact a lot of people don’t want Their neighborhoods turned into “Chicago”.


2 posted on 09/17/2012 7:07:53 AM PDT by radioone ( Main Stream Media. The Government built that.)
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To: marktwain

What is this about cheap ammo?

Leftists want to price out the middle class.


3 posted on 09/17/2012 7:10:57 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Fun for women ages 21 through 35)
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I could not get the comments at Salon to work. Perhaps someone else can let us know if commenters are letting Chris Arnold know about his gaffe.
4 posted on 09/17/2012 7:12:42 AM PDT by marktwain
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If this is the wild west its only because more and more Americans find themselves living in Injun territory.


5 posted on 09/17/2012 7:14:47 AM PDT by circlecity
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You have to register. I am NOT registering at salon.com. Just reading stuff there makes me feel dirty.


6 posted on 09/17/2012 8:13:26 AM PDT by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: marktwain
Last weekend, Crossroads occupied the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, and although these expos swing through the area regularly, the parking lot filled up fast.

I have been to their shows before, but I have never seen the crowds like this past week's shows. In past events they occupied 3-4 of the "commercial buildings" on the fairgrounds - this past show was moved inside the Coliseum and it was packed. Every exhibit that was selling ammo had waiting lines.

Obama is the best salesman this industry has ever seen in modern times.
7 posted on 09/17/2012 8:24:13 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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http://www.crossroadsgunshows.com/calendar.php


8 posted on 09/17/2012 8:38:04 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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You’re right about that. Democrats have shown us the kind of cities they produce if given a free hand - cities like Chicago, Detroit, Newark... I wonder why they don’t use those cities in political ads to showcase ‘dem ideas in action’ or some such thing...


9 posted on 09/17/2012 8:46:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (first they came for those clinging to their guns and religion, and I did not speak out....)
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You’re right about that. Democrats have shown us the kind of cities they produce if given a free hand - cities like Chicago, Detroit, Newark... I wonder why they don’t use those cities in political ads to showcase ‘dem ideas in action’ or some such thing...

They always claim that this would not have happened if they just had more power. More power to keep taxpayers chained to the cities, more power to prevent businesses from moving out, more power to regulate, tax, and destroy.

Well... I added the "destroy" bit.

10 posted on 09/17/2012 9:10:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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I believe the BIGGEST gun show in the US is now the Wanenmacher show in Tulsa, OK. They have a Spring and a fall show.

3500 tables! My mistake it is now 4100 tables!


11 posted on 09/17/2012 9:21:35 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Well... I added the "destroy" bit.

LOL - I kind of suspected you might have thrown that in... Good one, mark.

12 posted on 09/17/2012 10:03:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (first they came for those clinging to their guns and religion, and I did not speak out....)
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You’re right about that. Democrats have shown us the kind of cities they produce if given a free hand - cities like Chicago, Detroit, Newark... I wonder why they don’t use those cities in political ads to showcase ‘dem ideas in action’ or some such thing...

We know why the dems don't use them. But, it's curious that the GOP doesn't use those cities in political ads to showcase 'dem ideas in action'.

Well, not curious to me...

13 posted on 09/17/2012 10:42:03 AM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Government should be afraid of the people)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; marktwain

There are others, who like me love the smell of Hoppe’s # 9 in the morning?


14 posted on 09/17/2012 11:53:41 AM PDT by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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cash is king here at the Crossroads of the West.

Well of course. Cash is untraceable. Just like guns bought at private sales. And that's the way I like it.

15 posted on 09/17/2012 2:11:51 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney ( New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. Buy from Amazon.)
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