Hundreds of vendors, who would have shown up to the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show if it wasn't cancelled, put together a plan B. A gun show in Lancaster County.
You may remember, The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show was cancelled after many vendors pulled out, because show organizers decided to limit the sale of modern sporting rifles.
At the Lancaster County Convention Center, more than 100 vendors who were initially scheduled to appear at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, were doing business. And standing up for what they believe in.
Robert Hart, Vendor:
"When we found out the NRA was backing out of the sports show, I followed suit because the NRA is what leads our country. It's the bible that shooters and hunters abide by."
Vendors here are trying to make up for the Eastern Sports and Outdoor show being cancelled last month. Originally scheduled to take place February 2nd, Reed Exhibitions cancelled the show given the controversy surrounding its decision to limit the sale or display of modern sporting rifles.
The cost to the community was more than $80,000,000.
Ron Nemetchek, North River Stone:
"Economically, they hurt the town, outfitters. I mean I've been doing that show for so long. There's a financial loss that I don't know how we could possibly make up."
And to many vendors, the cancellation of the Outdoor Show wasn't all about the money.
Ron Nemetchek:
"What they did is they left a lot of us hanging. There's a lot of people in Harrisburg and New York and Virginia, that came to attend that show as a tradition. Every year, came with their fathers, sons, kids and they took it away from us."
Reed Exhibitions still hasn't rescheduled the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show.
You may remember, The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show was cancelled after many vendors pulled out, because show organizers decided to limit the sale of modern sporting rifles.
At the Lancaster County Convention Center, more than 100 vendors who were initially scheduled to appear at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, were doing business. And standing up for what they believe in.
Robert Hart, Vendor:
"When we found out the NRA was backing out of the sports show, I followed suit because the NRA is what leads our country. It's the bible that shooters and hunters abide by."
Vendors here are trying to make up for the Eastern Sports and Outdoor show being cancelled last month. Originally scheduled to take place February 2nd, Reed Exhibitions cancelled the show given the controversy surrounding its decision to limit the sale or display of modern sporting rifles.
The cost to the community was more than $80,000,000.
Ron Nemetchek, North River Stone:
"Economically, they hurt the town, outfitters. I mean I've been doing that show for so long. There's a financial loss that I don't know how we could possibly make up."
And to many vendors, the cancellation of the Outdoor Show wasn't all about the money.
Ron Nemetchek:
"What they did is they left a lot of us hanging. There's a lot of people in Harrisburg and New York and Virginia, that came to attend that show as a tradition. Every year, came with their fathers, sons, kids and they took it away from us."
Reed Exhibitions still hasn't rescheduled the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show.