COSTA MESA, Calif. (KTLA) — Record crowds were reported at the two-day Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Costa Mesa over the weekend.
Crowds lined up at the Orange County Fairgrounds starting at 3 a.m. on Saturday, the first day of the show.
Organizers said they expected a record two-day total of some 25,000 visitors to the event.
It was so successful on Saturday that vendors decided to stop selling ammunition at 3:30 p.m. to avoid running out for Sunday.
Much of the interest in the show was connected to gun enthusiasts’ fears that suggested legislation in Washington could directly impact and curtail gun ownership.
President Obama’s recent gun task force, spearheaded by Vice President Joe Biden, includes proposals to reinstate a previous assault weapons ban.
Also being discussed is a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as more stringent background checks for potential gun owners.
The hot-button issue brought prospective buyers like Scott Jones of Highland to the gun show in Costa Mesa.
“I’m a little concerned that they may regulate it too much,” Jones said.
Discussions of gun control follow the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 15.
26 Comments to “Records Crowds Reported at O.C. Gun Show”
January 27, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Ammo bros
January 28, 2013 at 2:08 AM
price gougers….
January 27, 2013 at 9:56 AM
it's no secret the administration wants to remove gun ownership. But no one is facing or addressing the fact that no gang banger or thug ever bought a gun leaglly. Restricting people who legally purchase guns is not the answer. You need to go after those selling on the side, under the table. Most gun crimes committed here in USA weren't owned by the perp. The Connetcut issue, his mother owned the guns. The others, owned by a brother, or another family member. If you're going to run checks, run it on the 'whole' family, not just the person applying. Would you allow a person with a clean background buy a gun when his brother or son is a gangbanger or dope additic?
January 27, 2013 at 11:42 AM
How do you propose that we catch the "law abiding" gun purchaser who turns around and sells the gun for a fat profit to anyone with cash… without increasing gun control?
January 27, 2013 at 12:06 PM
My comments are being deleted by the communists.
January 28, 2013 at 8:00 AM
we write laws, because we all know that crimial follow laws, right?
January 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM
I like running mental sanity checks on whole family or "who also would have access to gun" idea.
January 27, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Any gang banger, illeagle alien, ex conn, mental patient or terroist can walk into this show and buy as many guns and ammo as the can afford with no background check. That is just so smart.
January 27, 2013 at 10:46 AM
You sound like our public officials, you obviously know nothing about guns and California law, because no one buys guns out here without a required waiting period while a background check is completed by the BATF.
January 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Bull pucky you do not know what you're talking about. Go climb back under you rock
January 27, 2013 at 11:05 AM
My previous post was aimed at calisbest
January 27, 2013 at 6:39 PM
You mean crawl back under your Rock not climb back under your rock. How can one do that btw?
January 27, 2013 at 12:51 PM
If the gun is 50 years old and older, then yes you are correct. But really do think a bad person, gang banger, terrorist or x-con is really going to go to a gun show? Those people buy their guns from other thugs. Or from govn't agencies that have their heads where they don't belong.
January 27, 2013 at 1:06 PM
This comment proves how misinformed most Americans are and why some should not be allowed to speak or vote! By the way, the five groups you mentioned are all within Obama’s demographics.
January 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM
You got it wrong on two counts
1. It's California, not "cali" – if you don't know, then you are free to leave.
2. NO ONE can just walk into one of these shows and buy.
January 27, 2013 at 6:41 PM
Typical UN-INFORMED, UN-INTELLIGENT liberal spewing BS without having the facts before inserting foot into mouth.
January 27, 2013 at 10:47 AM
Calisbest, THAT is just not true. Please get your facts straight before posting. You're one of those hand wringing, left wingnuts, that simply parrot what some lame friend told you. Make an effort to get informed on this issue and consider the laws we already have on the books, the mental health issues of background checks and what unnecessary changes this knee jerk reactive administration is proposing. THEN come back and make an informed argument.
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January 27, 2013 at 4:46 PM
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January 27, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Obama, the best ever gun salesman America has ever had…FACT : )
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January 27, 2013 at 5:37 PM
a negro or mexican should only be able by law, to buy a gun that was manufactured by a negro or mexican owned company!…….LMAO!
January 27, 2013 at 8:38 PM
Yeah, but they're BOTH too stupid TO manufacture anything, AND NEITHER can speak English to start with.
January 27, 2013 at 8:37 PM
In Costa Mesa, of all places. FULL of illegals.
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