Crossroads Gun Show returns to Del Mar, CA [View all]

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DEL MAR, Calif. — 'The Crossroads of the West Gun Show' is returning this weekend at Del Mar, CA, after a nine-month hiatus, and more people are expected because it was suspended for so long. Nearly 10,000 people are expected to attend the gun show in Del Mar this weekend.

Last year, the Del Mar Fairgrounds Board of Directors voted to suspend the gun show in response to requests from gun safety advocates. Crossroads filed a lawsuit against the fairgrounds and state of California. The lawsuit claimed the ban violated their first and second amendment rights – the right to commercial speech and the right to assembly. A federal judge issued an injunction in June allowing the shows to resume, and this weekend’s show will be the first one since that ruling.

Assembly Bill 893 has the potential to permanently end guns sales at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Governor Gavin Newsom has until October 13 to sign or veto the bill.

The group Never Again CA is targeting the Del Mar gun show. “We have children that pass by the gun show on their way to a lock down drill at school,” said Rose Ann Sharp.
Rose Ann Sharp, who is the founder of Never Again CA, said she wants to stop the sales of firearms and ammunition on state owned property.

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