Activists ask governor-appointed fair board to look at ‘ghost gun’ sales.
The board that oversees the Del Mar Fairgrounds has approved the return of the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in March, despite new concerns raised by firearms safety advocates.
“Crossroads sells Saturday night specials on steroids,” Ira Sharp told the board, and he asked the board not to renew the Crossroads contract. However, the board approved the show without comment along with dozens of other events planned for March at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.Crossroads President Tracy Olcott defended sales of the kits in a phone call Thursday.
Sales of the so-called ghost guns are increasing because they are less regulated than regular firearms, Olcott said. California has a mandatory background check and 10-day waiting period to take home a newly purchased firearm, but those rules don’t apply to the kits. A 16-year-old boy used a .45-caliber pistol made from a kit in a Nov. 14 shooting that killed two classmates and injured three others before killing himself at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles. The gun may have belonged to the boy’s father.
They declined to reveal the name of the shopper, who they said has visited a number of Crossroads shows and prefers to remain anonymous. Crossroads has about 200 vendors at the Del Mar show and about 10% of them sell firearms, Olcott said. Some of the vendors have returned for many years, but every show includes a few new ones.NeverAgainCA formed after the mass shooting that killed 17 people two years ago at a Parkland, Fla., high school. The group has consistently pushed for gun safety and to end the sales of firearms and ammunition at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and other state-owned properties.
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