Remember, the ONLY reason that someone has for wanting to keep you from having access to your necessary defense tools is so that they can do something to you that they could not do if you have them. All arguments to the contrary are lies, plain and simple, and pretending that those lies have any validity is nothing more than craven surrender to the thugs and pirates of the world.

If shooters of all types and in all sports as well as all of the companies and the industry do not hang together–we will all hang separately.

Good for the boycott keep it in place!

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To the National Shooting Sports Foundation,

You stated “firearm ownership is being assailed in the media.”
That is precisely what makes this decision by British owned Reed Exhibitions dangerous to every lawful firearm owner in the United States of America.

Any foolish ban of automatic/semi-automatic firearms and or high cap. mags. by any business is a condoning or legitimization of the tyrant’s propagandist behavior which seeks to create an illusion that the semi-automatic weapons and their oft related high capacity magazines lawfully owned by American citizens are in fact assault weapons.

If we frequent that business, we in turn are condoning or legitimizing the same propaganda of the tyrant government. We therefore must boycott all those who deem to legitimize the gun-grab gun ban propaganda of this government and support those who recognize the importance of not condoning or legitimizing such propaganda.

You stated that: “It is important to note that this year’s show will continue to feature a wide variety of firearms.”
Well that is just swell, but we law abiding, 2nd Amendment protected citizens do not plan a multi-day excursion to see a “wide variety of firearms.” We plan it to see nearly EVERY variety of firearms under the sun that is lawful for us to own.

As for your disrespectful claim of “it would be unfair to penalize the 1200 exhibitors.”
There have been over 1.3 million lives sacrificed in the name of freedom for this country; that does not even include the sacrifices of limb and family.

With that being said, any financial loss set upon the vendors by either withdrawal or by lack of attendees, on behalf of the Constitution, will be little to no sacrifice(penalty) compared to those who have fought to give us our freedoms and those who have fought so we could keep our freedoms. Unfair is the ignorance and disrespect of their sacrifices.

The cause of promoting, protecting, and preserving the 2nd Amendment IN FULL is much bigger than the temporary finances of 1200 vendors. They can always recoup their finances; the 2nd Amendment, when gone, is gone for good. It therefore requires 100% support and banning legal firearms from the show is not 100% support nor should it be tolerated.

So, with our veterans sacrifices in mind, I must say I am quite disgusted and disappointed with your request that we aid and abet in the legitimization of the propagandist illusions being generated by the media, the politicians, and every other gun-grabbing gun banning group throughout these United States.

If you want to unite I suggest you unite with those of us who believe the 2nd Amendment should not be infringed upon by government or by businesses, such as Reed Exhibitions.

PS. Very cowardly of you to disallow comments on your blog.
With great disgust and disappointment,
Tom Maerling
1/21/2013

Reed is a British company…. no surprise they want the American population disarmed:

Reed Exhibitions Ltd Worldwide Headquarters:

Gateway House
28 The Quadrant
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 1DN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8271 2134
Fax: +44 (0)20 8334 0740

There is a war being waged against legitimate sporting firearms and the 2nd-A. It is time to pick a side and take a stand. Where NSSF wont, other are. Godbless those who do.