Guillermo said:
the positive stories are outstanding
Yes, they are.
And Thomas, my son, you'll notice all the vendors interviewed spoke about the contacts they received from the individual attendees. There were many vendors who were either:
- prompted by us to do this,
- or even though they knew it was the right decision to make, faced a hard decision and were motivated and strengthened by all of us to make it.
We had to
drag the NRA by its heels to boycott with everyone else. By the time Cabela's - the
major sponsor with more money invested than anyone else - made their decision, the NRA was still committed to "working with the promoter".
Now the NRA is being credited with bringing this boycott to fruition among the ignorant in the MSM, and they happily take the credit for it now that it's gone our way.
But we all know the truth.
We did this.
Us.
Everyday Joe's who were going to attend this show saw what went down. We expressed our outrage and called for a boycott.
We caused this.
Every single one of you who feels defeated, and alone, and hopeless because Diane Feinstein introduced her 20 year old pet project and lifelong dream of a gun control bill today should sit up straight and take notice at what we just accomplished.
The next step?
PA residents - tell our Republican Governor and newly elected Democrat Attorney General to fully investigate this. Reed Exhibitions aggressively advertised an expanded "Tactical Alley" this year to showcase the very firearms they said two weeks before the show are unwelcome. This very promoter was happy to see them showcased at the SHOT show the very week they made this announcement. Encourage our state in it's efforts to seek recovery for the economic loss to our local economy and the vendors who attend this show.
Non-PA Residents - tell our Republican Governor and newly elected Democrat Attorney General to fully investigate this. You were going to come, and tell them you travelled into our state for this show and what you spend in my state when you came in years past. Tell the truth. Give them real numbers and human interest stories so they can substantiate what our state's loss is.
Everyone else - When you tell elected officials to oppose Diane Feinstein's bill, and your Senator or Representative tells you he supports the rights of hunter's and sportsmen
but . . . <insert reason for more gun control>.
You point out what happened here. Show how hunters and sportsmen no longer differentiate themselves as separate and distinct from the entirety of the gun owning citizenry, and this is the evidence of that.