Amid criticism, Everett gun show on graduation day postponed
EVERETT — The organizer of a weekend gun show at Angel of the Winds Arena postponed the event a day in response to criticism that multiple Everett Public Schools graduations were to be held in the building at the same time.
“We don’t want students’ memory of graduation to be that of controversy,” said Craig Terry, owner of Big Top Promotions, the company behind the gun show.
Nobody asked the company to change the dates of the event, Terry told The Daily Herald. But, he said, “we live here too, and try to be good citizens in our community.”
The company chose to move the event “out of the potential for bad optics and conflict,” Terry said. The two-day gun show was scheduled to open Saturday at Angel of the Winds Arena but will now start on Sunday.
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