ESOS show canceled

[RM81]

Originally posted by MOFISH:
If this only "affected a small percentage of more than 1,000 exhibits" where's the problem. I think I jsut got a whiff of BS.    

I thought the same thing.  Laying it on thick.

[wigeon]

       

[two4hooking]

Right on!  

[Mojostick]

Before we all pat ourselves on our backs, let's keep the big picture in mind, front and center. While the outcome of this skirmish was good, it ultimately was within the hunting/gun community. The national media and some in the US House and US Senate could care less and they're moving on with their agenda.

The REAL fight is coming in the 2014 midterm elections.

Boycotts and emails are all nice, but if we overlook where the real power lies, we're chasing individual wasps, when it's the nest we need to spray.

The real power lies in the pens of those who make make the laws, not sport show promoters. Again, while this boycott worked out nicely, the real battles lie ahead and 2014 must be our D-Day, when we punish those who want to take our civil rights away, by voting them out of office. Their punishment will be that they'll have to then live under the laws they created, as private citizens, not the ruling class. After we fire them, that is.

The 2014 midterms are a "must vote" for every single gun owner in the nation.

The key is to put the real fear of losing re-election in the minds of every red state democrat Senator and then the liberals can talk about gun bans all they want, but nothing will happen. Oddly enough, it will be Senate democrats who likely block gun bans, not the GOP, because the red state Senators up for re-election in 2014 know if the vote for bans, they lose.

[pdk25]

Really need someone to put on a show to replace ESOS so they can actually see the money they lost.

[Bud B.]

 


 

[ddauler]

Good deal

[T-Bowhunter]

This is great news!

[Steve O]

Originally posted by pdk25:
Really need someone to put on a show to replace ESOS so they can actually see the money they lost.

BIG Traditional Expo East is in Kalamazoo Micigan this weekend...all the cool guys will be there anyway, everybody that was planning on PA, head on over!

[Stickbow98]

Have to feel sorry for the loss of income to all of the locals because of this though. One million+  show attendees not coming, means no $$ spent on hotels, restaurants, etc.
BIG hit for the Harrisburg area economy thanks to the Reed groups attempt to be "p.c.".

[gregg dudley]

Originally posted by Stickbow98:
Have to feel sorry for the loss of income to all of the locals because of this though. One million+  show attendees not coming, means no $$ spent on hotels, restaurants, etc.
BIG hit for the Harrisburg area economy thanks to the Reed groups attempt to be "p.c.".

That is a true loss and I feel for the hospitality industry as well as the other area retailers that stood to gain.  Hopefully the message will resonate to other communities and there will be some gain from their loss.

[Kingsnake]

And to tag on Mojostick's post....There are probably SEVERAL anti-gun people/groups who will look at the shutting down of the show as a "win for them."   Just some perspective...

Kingsnake

[lpcjon2]

I hope this sets precedence to other big run shows, that we the people will not be shoved around. One small step for hunters, one big leap for freedom

[T Lail]

[Mojostick]

Kingsnake,

I was going to add just what you said, but thought it may be too "hot" of a topic.

The anti-gun people are unified. With this past situation, we've got a case where hunters were against hunters and a huge hunting show was cancelled. That's a win in some anti's eyes.

Keep in mind how these people operate. During the "fiscal cliff" talks, their goal wasn't to necessarily raise tax rates, their goal was to cause a civil war in the GOP between the RINO's and the Tea Party, and they were successful.

We have to be very careful on how we proceed from here. I'm not saying shutting down the show wasn't a good thing, I'm just warning that it may be a much ado about nothing, in the real grand scheme. If the national media doesn't cover it in a major way, it's relatively meaningless, other than to illustrate to ourselves that we're all of the same mind and fairly unified.

The real fight is not closing hunting shows, but sending anti-gun liberals packing from any position of power.

[Bldtrailer]

Just a heads up the Mayor of Harrisburge join the anti gun group NYC Bloomberg started Maybe now he will reconsider.

[daveycrockett]

Originally posted by stringstretcher:
Three words is all that is necessary

UNITED WE STAND

           

[ksbowman]

Don't relax now! The battle has just begun! Don't bask in the sunshine we have alot of work left to do. These antis be they anti hunting or anti guns are relentless. Be sure to contact your reps and the leadership in the Senate and House of representitives and let them know how you feel.

[dtarbell]

Congarts to all those venders that stood their ground and made the point for all of us.

[larry]

they made their bed...let em sleep in it