I've always run my "family": with the same question. "Does that seem reasonable to you??" I own a good 15 rifles for hunting. I love guns and I love hunting. Does it seem reasonable for me to own a gun that's specifically made for war?? Not to me. Would it be cool to have one.. sure, is it reasonable.. no. Not in Canada.. I can drop a deer on the run (lol at least I used to...) with my hunting rifle, so anyone that needs a m-16 type rifle, really just needs more practice..lol.
Our US friends in my opinion are a different matter altogether. We hear the stats that there are more guns in the US than citizens, so its easy for us to judge that they should be more like us, when clearly the situation is very different. I don't know what the solution's are, but Im pretty sure its not MORE guns.
There is a huge US subculture out there that's VERY paranoid about the government taking away their rights and them not being able to defend themselves. In Canada were are very lucky, we can sweep one government out and another in in a landslide in about 6 weeks. Happens all the time.. and i mean landslides sometimes.
Their system is not set up to do that (I'm not saying our system is any better)
The number of guns already available makes the whole situation difficult. BUT there's no point in not trying.. Under the republicans there already was a ban on the sales of these firearms.
Anyway BACK to the topic of this thread...
The show is a private event so Kudos to the organizers for taking a stand against something they obviously do not believe in and kudos to the vendors who disagree and will not attend.
Just like this board, you can CHOOSE not to be a part of the community if it doesn't fill your needs.
And arguing about it... well, if your arguing with someone whose mind you will never change, you're just yelling.