Syracuse.com - Syracuse Gun Show slated for April 20-21 celebrating its 50th anniversary

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The show will be held on the state fairgrounds -- and once again it's a sell-out as far as vendors and dealers who've signed up.

The recently passed Safe Act calling for increased gun control in this state has actually boosted attendance at recent gun shows – and is expected to do the same at the upcoming show later this month at the state fairgrounds.

The Syracuse Gun Show, the largest each year in the state and celebrating its 50th year, is set for April 20-21 in the Center of Progress building. It will feature nearly 1,000 tables featuring exhibits and displays by firearm collectors and dealers from across the county and Canada, said Sandy Ackerman, president and show manager of the New York State Arms Collectors Association.

“I was very concerned when I mailed out the applications out to displayers back in February that I would not be able to fill the hall because of vendors not having legal merchandise anymore, or not being able to get what they can sell,” Ackerman said. “The bottom line, though, is that we’re a sold out show once again.”

Among the offerings, Ackerman said, will be “displays and sales tables of U.S. Military arms, Colt revolvers, high grade double- barreled shotguns, Remingtons, muskets, Smith and Wesson, Kentucky rifles, gun parts, frontier and Western paraphernalia, swords, Springfields, Winchesters, bowie knives, powder horns, civilian and military weapons from all nations, custom-made knives and military relics and equipment from before the Revolutionary War to the present.”

Ackerman noted that all state and federal firearm laws will be strictly observed. She noted all the gun shows in the state have worked with the state attorney general’s office and have signed off on a “model gun show procedure” developed by the AG’s office. She noted her group has been commended by the A.G.'s office for its cooperation.

“It’s a tweaking of things of things that we’ve been doing for 14 years, including background checks of those purchasing guns and a tag system for firearms going in and out of the building,”Ackerman said.

This year, signage will be up throughout Center of Progress building saying, “NYS law requires that an NICS (federal) background check be completed on all firearms sales or transfers, including rifles and shotguns. To avoid this background check is a crime. To offer to sell a firearm and then transfer it at another location to avoid a NICS check is also a crime.”

Dealers at the show will be available to do the required background checks at “a nominal cost,” Ackerman said.

The show will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 20 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21. Cost is $6 per person, seniors $5 and children under 12 free. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

For further information, call Ackerman Klinger at 607-748-1010.

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