Area vendor joins protest of expo assault weapons ban

January 23, 2013

Photo by Colin Deppen – As of Wednesday, a group of over 230 vendors and growing announced their decision not to attend this year's Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show in Harrisburg in protest of the organizer's decision to ban assault weapons and related accessories from the event.

In yet another installment of America's gun-control debate, more than 230 vendors, a Bennezette-based conservation group among them, have decided not to attend this year's Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show in Harrisburg following the organizer's decision to ban assault weapons and related accessories from the event.