Last Saturday, we went to the gun show at the Greensboro Coliseum. WOW! What a crowd! If crowds mean people are interested, then I would say a lot of people in the Greensboro area are very interested in guns.
When we arrived around 2:00, the lady taking the tickets said the count at that time was over 8,000 (the show opened at 10:00 - and this was the first day).
So, what did we see there? The usual stuff - tables covered with rifles, shotguns, pistols, military garb, ammunition, knives, and on and on. Two things that were perfectly evident; there were a lot of women looking at guns, and the overall demographic profile seemed to suggest there were a lot of "new" gun fans at the show.
The women seemed to be looking for small, lightweight semi-automatics that can easily fit in a purse or pocket. And the dealers seemed to be anticipating that. I saw Keltec 3TAP, Ruger LCP, Bersa Thunder 380, Taurus P22 and Beretta Tomcats. Don't remember seeing that kind of gun at the show in those numbers.
Still, there were a lot of "assault" style rifles and self-defense shotguns.
This turnout might be a sign of the times.
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