The Sheriff of Boone County, in Indiana, displays the ineffectiveness of any proposed bans on magazine capacities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla...

Good luck with the show and their is also One at the Fair grounds and one in Waukesha this week end also .

http://gunshowtrader.com/gun-shows/wauke...

"the 40th annual gun show held at his business, and he’d never had a problem or complaint until an anonymous caller expressed concerns to a 911 dispatcher"

Why wasn't that person arrested for misuse of the emergency system, & wasting LEA/LEO time?
Nothing happening was illegal, let alone an emergency creating an immediate danger to life.

Since people who are carrying in a tavern generally aren't allowed to drink alcohol there, the Sheriff's concern is misplaced. I'd have thought that a law enforcement officer (and esp. the chief LEO of the area) would know the laws he's hired to enforce.

truth1, well said! Sadly true. And of course there is driving while sleep deprived.
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Which allows a natural segue into this topic of firearms. 'Wonder how many deer hunting woundings or fatalities resulted from folks who got too little sleep prior to taking the field for stalking. Impaired judgement and physical response . . .
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Sorry for the wee digression.

jstwndrn, I believe we’ll see the defendant convicted and sentenced to jail. Be that as it may, to broad-brush a large group of folks in a manner which, I suspect, you normally would not do, is unfair stereotyping.
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Anyone with a brain understands the wrongness of that incident, of course. At this writing, as you may be aware, Florida legislature is considering wording to a bill which, if passed into law, will criminalize anyone who provokes confrontation [ as in this case, apparently ] and then uses lethal means of “self defense”. Rightly so!
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Red Barn topic aside, maybe we who feel strongly about the Florida tragedy should contact lawmakers there and urge them to pursue that bill. I’d like to see Wisconsin follow suit.

In addition to those initial inspections and safeguards, there are always abundant security folks on hand to quickly deter and/or remove someone who might have been tippling.
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I have attended scores of such events and never once been witness to, nor heard about later, an instance of alcohol related disturbances.
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Still, diligence is always warranted.

If you've gone to a gun show, they check any firearm you bring into the facility with a ziptie or similiar item that shows the firearm has been cleared of amunition and is safe to carry around to sell/trade. Some of the comments I'm reading also remind me of what they thought was going to happen when the concealed carry law when into effect. It was going to be the wild wild west as far as the gun haters were concerened! And yet, it didn't happen!

"Florida state law provides for a three year prison sentence, plus heavy fine, for anyone who brandishes a firearm."
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Wait a sec, isn't FL the state where you can blow away an unarmed person and not even get arrested...unless there is enough clamor about it?
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Totally agree with the drinking and driving comments, much more of a threat, as well as texting and driving.

....and then, of course, they call it an "accident"...

birdman- Great points..What you describe is of course, the elephant in the room...Also, one doesn't have to be intoxicated to kill and maim with the wheeled object of death when in the hands of a reckless homicidal maniac.
"Texting While Driving"..homicide waiting to happen.........

Another instance of law enforcers making up law to suit their fancy. Do these same JBT teach Wisconsin CWL law 175.60 for personal profit?

The Drunk or the Recreational Boozer is going to be driving his truck, car, van, or motorcycle far more frequently than opening his/her gun safe after drinking.
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Have you been paying attention to the Gazette, cynical eye? Many {italics & bold} DUIs listed just since New Years, most of whom have 4, 5, and more arrests. How many articles during the same time frame about the same guy or woman getting drunk and brandishing a firearm? None. Nada. Zilch.
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Stupid is stupid. I fear my drunk neighbor on the public streets more than I do his firearm ownership.
My demise at his hands would be no less sudden; no less heinous; no less heart breaking than a death by stabbing, hammer, strangulation, or yes, firearm.

Nothing says "Stupid Americans" better than guns and booze.

Where did they come from?

"An anonymous caller expressed concerns to a 911 dispatcher." What a wus -- made a lot of hassle for this business and extra work for government employees about something that was no big deal. Is that "anonymous caller" from around Evansville or perhaps someone who should move back to where they came from?

Florida state law provides for a three year prison sentence, plus heavy fine, for anyone who brandishes a firearm.
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I submit that on the days of the Red Barn gun show, MANY intoxicated folks will be driving away from their saloon or eatery in Evansville and Janesville and Beloit and Hanover and Footville, and Madison and Ft. Atkinson, et al, and they will be brandishing their pickup truck, car, or van. Often will very diminished mental awareness, and equally diminished physical control
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Most assuredly they will be MORE deadly to you and me than the firearms enthusiast who, sober, will NOT be a menace to anyone, even if he/she is “carrying concealed” a pistol or revolver.

Plenty of other folks, whom all of us could agree as “respectable folks” (read NOT Rednecks) love their beer and booze. And yes, they enjoy their firearms for hunting, target shooting, competitive rifle or pistol or shotgun matches, and (gasp) self defense.
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Hopefully baegucb is not broad brushing ALL hunters/collectors/hobbyists or interested citizens as “Redneck” simply because of the venue. Plenty of fisticuffs and deplorable violence happens at other venues when the alcohol flows: pick any major sport and its venue.
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And when the inevitable brouhaha happens at one of Janesville’s “civic events” such as Traxler park, or soon to be any [italics, please] public park, will those folks all be Rednecks?

There is a gun show also at the fairgrounds this weekend. I hope to make it to both of them.

Nothing says rednecks like booze and guns.

Hope they have a great show, and no one causes trouble again.