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No more gun shows at the state fair? California bill bans firearm sales at those venues
The Sacramento Bee ^ | February 4, 2022 | BY ANDREW SHEELER

Posted on 02/04/2022 8:00:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Gun shows at the state fair could soon be a thing of the past in California.

A proposed law would ban the sale of firearms or ammunition on state property, effectively barring gun shows from being held at any of California’s 73 state fairgrounds.

Senate Bill 915, introduced by Sen. Dave Min, D-Costa Mesa, was unveiled Thursday. The bill has yet to be assigned to a committee, but Min said in an interview with The Sacramento Bee that he expects it to go before the Senate Public Safety Committee first.

“County fairgrounds are supposed to be family-friendly venues and have long been associated with events like county fairs, 4-H events, rodeos and music festivals. However, they have become most well-known for gun shows,” Min said in a statement announcing the bill.. “This needs to change, and this bill will finally get California out of the business of government-sponsored gun shows. While the Second Amendment allows for the well-regulated sales and purchase of firearms, the Constitution does not require that taxpayer-owned properties be used to facilitate those transactions,”

Min acknowledged that the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a strong position on the Second Amendment, but said “that doesn’t mean the state of California has to actively profit off of the sale of those guns.”

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; california; statefair
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1 posted on 02/04/2022 8:00:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
While the Second Amendment allows for the well-regulated sales and purchase of firearms…

Nice try quiz kid. Well-regulated in the Second does not mean buried in red tape.

2 posted on 02/04/2022 8:09:01 AM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Fairplex in Pomona, where the LA County Fair is held, and is the site of many gun shows, is not owned by the State of California. I don’t think the OC Fairgrounds are either.


3 posted on 02/04/2022 8:10:46 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

While the Second Amendment allows for the well-regulated sales and purchase of firearms


That’s funny, I don’t see that wording in my copy of the Second Amendment.


4 posted on 02/04/2022 8:11:06 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m pretty sure I’ve never read “the right to bear arms But only at the discretion of liberals who hate firearms, who will,severely restrict,where and when one can buy them”


5 posted on 02/04/2022 8:11:46 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

County fairgrounds are supposed to be family-friendly venues


What’s not friendly about a well armed family enjoying their constitutional right to keep and bear arms?
He’s never been to a family gun night at his local range I bet. What a pussy.


6 posted on 02/04/2022 8:16:55 AM PST by centermass_socrates (Look into a conservative and see hope and virtue, look in a liberal and you only see meat.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

The Fairplex in Pomona, where the LA County Fair is held, and is the site of many gun shows, is not owned by the State of California. I don’t think the OC Fairgrounds are either.


The OC Fairgrounds is owned by the state. Crossroads of the West and other gun shows have been banned from there since 2021.


7 posted on 02/04/2022 8:17:09 AM PST by chrisinoc
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gun shows are Sen. Dave Min, D-Costa Mesa biggest worry?

8 posted on 02/04/2022 8:17:34 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
While the Second Amendment allows for the well-regulated sales and purchase of firearms,

Umm...said...what?

The Constitution? Of where? Liberal Fantasy Land?

9 posted on 02/04/2022 8:17:38 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Imagine, if you will, a vaccine so safe you have to be threatened to take it. )
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Min acknowledged that the U.S. Supreme Court has taken a strong position on the Second Amendment, but said “that doesn’t mean the state of California has to actively profit off of the sale of those guns.”

So is Kalifornia declaring a Sales Tax Holiday on all firearms and ammunition sales?

10 posted on 02/04/2022 8:17:39 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: hanamizu

Agreed

THE 2ND AND THE CONSTITUTION

https://mrclose.neocities.org/2ND.html


11 posted on 02/04/2022 8:19:02 AM PST by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Graphic proof that when keeping warm requires a lot of labor, the entitlement army heads to warm climates!


12 posted on 02/04/2022 8:19:35 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That won’t stop crime. Criminals are still going to get their guns with the approval and blessing of the democrat party.


13 posted on 02/04/2022 8:19:44 AM PST by I want the USA back (Government is to be feared much more than the chicom virus.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Indeed it’s strange what some call progress.


14 posted on 02/04/2022 8:20:56 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: chrisinoc

I didn’t look that one up. I did like up Fairplex though.


15 posted on 02/04/2022 8:27:15 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: chrisinoc

Looks like their still having shows in Bakersfield, Ontario, and Ventura.


16 posted on 02/04/2022 8:31:23 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t think I’ve ever went to a state fair to buy guns I usually go there to look at roosters.


17 posted on 02/04/2022 8:33:29 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: broken_clock

Exactly, it meant trained, competent; i.e. The local blacksmith was a well-regulated fellow.


18 posted on 02/04/2022 8:39:09 AM PST by curious7
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To: Clutch Martin

I resolved to never set foot on the L.A. Fairgrounds ever since they banned the Great Western Gun Show. F*%@ ‘em...


19 posted on 02/04/2022 8:39:11 AM PST by szweig (HYHEY Have You Had Enough Yet??!?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Seems Ca. is again violating the Constitution.


20 posted on 02/04/2022 8:45:54 AM PST by chopperk
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