Gun show ban proposed for Santa Clara County fairgrounds [California]

The Mercury News ^ | March 4, 2018 | John Woolfolk

[Lonely Bull]

Amid heightened concerns about firearms in the wake of last month’s Parkland, Florida, high school shooting massacre, Santa Clara County officials are taking another look at banning gun shows from the county fairgrounds.

The Santa Clara County Fairgrounds currently hosts two gun shows a year. But county Supervisor Ken Yeager said gun shows conflict with the county’s mission of “promoting the health and well-being of our residents” and have drawn complaints from residents.

“More and more often, I am getting approached by people who tell me how disturbed they are when they see billboards or signs advertising gun shows at the fairgrounds,” Yeager said. “That is not a use they want to see at one of our most prominent public spaces.”

The board of supervisors is expected to consider Yeager’s proposal March 6.

[Lean-Right]

“gun shows conflict with the county’s mission of “promoting the health and well-being of our residents”

Without guns in the hands of responsible
citizens, their health and well being are
in jeopardy. Should read “demoting the
health and well being of our citizens.”

[ThunderSleeps]

I was going to make the point that if you look at this from a business perspective - then sure, as a business the fairgrounds should have the right to refuse service to anyone. Gee, just like a Christian baker or photographer should be able to refuse service to anyone.

I do support that notion. However, the fairgrounds isn't just a business - it is, as I understand it, a County fairgrounds. I don't think a government-affiliated or funded entity can discriminate, nor can they infringe on our Constitutionally protected rights.