Oh boy. Held at the fairground in Enumclaw, WA. Same venue as last month, which I decided not to attend. This time around, I was fully rested, etc., so made the trip. For me, this so-called gun show was a complete Toad Eruption. Sparsely attended by both vendors and general members, near as I could see. The changes to the laws have bitten deeply into this activity. The word moribund comes to mind. I have to wonder how much longer they can keep up this sham. I live in Snohomish Co., to drive down to Enumclaw deep in King Co. is 70 miles each way, 140 miles RT. I'm not gonna do it again for this venue. I might be better served to go to Centralia.
When I-594 came into effect, I joked about WAC shows, "Hey, if these get any smaller, they can hold them in a phone booth." It's really getting down to that now, except phone booths have already gone the way that gun shows are going. Non existent.
I wouldn't have thought to buy a gun at this show today,. Because of new Wash. state laws. The gun show routine now to buy one is, you give your money to the seller; the seller gives the gun to a dealer. So the seller goes away with your money, the dealer goes away with your gun, you go home with no money and no gun. There is supposed to be some meet-up after the waiting period has passed. Too flaky for me.
Prices of guns at this show, what I looked at, handguns and shotguns, the prices were about double what you might buy them for at Cabela's. I did find a nice, old Weaver K6W scope for $20 and a box of 120 M2 .308 bullets for $10. But it was a long drive for those.
When I moved to Wash. in 1987, the population was 4.5 million. These days, it's over 8 million. And everybody brought several vehicles with them when they came here. Judging by weekend traffic, I have to wonder if that 8 million number is even correct.
When I-594 came into effect, I joked about WAC shows, "Hey, if these get any smaller, they can hold them in a phone booth." It's really getting down to that now, except phone booths have already gone the way that gun shows are going. Non existent.
I wouldn't have thought to buy a gun at this show today,. Because of new Wash. state laws. The gun show routine now to buy one is, you give your money to the seller; the seller gives the gun to a dealer. So the seller goes away with your money, the dealer goes away with your gun, you go home with no money and no gun. There is supposed to be some meet-up after the waiting period has passed. Too flaky for me.
Prices of guns at this show, what I looked at, handguns and shotguns, the prices were about double what you might buy them for at Cabela's. I did find a nice, old Weaver K6W scope for $20 and a box of 120 M2 .308 bullets for $10. But it was a long drive for those.
When I moved to Wash. in 1987, the population was 4.5 million. These days, it's over 8 million. And everybody brought several vehicles with them when they came here. Judging by weekend traffic, I have to wonder if that 8 million number is even correct.
