Baltimore Antique Arms Show 3/18,3/19

My Toy said:

I don't know if this is the right place to add this or not but: I've only ever been to this Antique Arms Collector show one time; it was a number of years ago (can't remember the exact year as they seem to run together) either during the Hughes or Glendening Adm. when one of the attempts to pass an assault weapons ban was high on the Adm. agenda. I was then active in the MD State Rifle and Pistol Assoc.; we would set up a display table at a gun show entrance to solicit new members and disseminate info on pending legislation. If any of you remember on our table was a gun rack populated by toy guns-- the message being if the GA had their way these will soon be the only guns you will be able to purchase in MD. That year among other efforts we were able to get Tom Hickman the then Carroll Co. States Attorney to testify on our behalf. His testimony hit them like a shot out of the dark and I feel was a major reason we won that year.

But now to the thing that is indelibly etched in my memory: When the doors to the show were opened and the attendees started streaming in past our table--we were cursed by a surprising number of the antique enthusiasts blaming our effort to preserve the right to own military pattern semi-autos as causing them a problem. To those folks our explanation that gun control is an incremental disease fell on deaf ears. I guess they didn't figure that the were only a little higher on the gun control food chain than we were.

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My Toy said:

I don't know if this is the right place to add this or not but: I've only ever been to this Antique Arms Collector show one time; it was a number of years ago (can't remember the exact year as they seem to run together) either during the Hughes or Glendening Adm. when one of the attempts to pass an assault weapons ban was high on the Adm. agenda. I was then active in the MD State Rifle and Pistol Assoc.; we would set up a display table at a gun show entrance to solicit new members and disseminate info on pending legislation. If any of you remember on our table was a gun rack populated by toy guns-- the message being if the GA had their way these will soon be the only guns you will be able to purchase in MD. That year among other efforts we were able to get Tom Hickman the then Carroll Co. States Attorney to testify on our behalf. His testimony hit them like a shot out of the dark and I feel was a major reason we won that year.

But now to the thing that is indelibly etched in my memory: When the doors to the show were opened and the attendees started streaming in past our table--we were cursed by a surprising number of the antique enthusiasts blaming our effort to preserve the right to own military pattern semi-autos as causing them a problem. To those folks our explanation that gun control is an incremental disease fell on deaf ears. I guess they didn't figure that the were only a little higher on the gun control food chain than we were.

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Jerry M said:

I can assure you that in not the consensus of the members of the Maryland Arms Collectors Club. Many of those members are very active in the Legislature fighting for gun rights.

Jerry

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Doctor_M said:

I will be there Saturday morning. I'm 5'9", heavy set (i.e., fat), thinning brown hair (i.e., going bald), glasses, and a handlebar moustache (i.e., funny looking). If you see me, feel free to introduce yourself. Always happy to meet folks from the board.

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chooks9 said:

Any idea if anyone would have a 7mm Remington Rolling Block for sale there? I really would love to find one as a good shooter...

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Augie said:

I'll be the old guy with gray hair

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Augie said:

I'll be the old guy with gray hair

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Augie said:

I would imagine there will be several rolling blocks in various calibers, never really know what you will find.

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