Syracuse.com - Big crowds expected at this weekend's Syracuse Gun Show

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“We’ve sold out all 1,000 tables. I’m looking forward to it,” said Sandy Ackerman, show manager.

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<p>Organizers of this weekend’s Syracuse Gun Show at the state fairgrounds, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, are expecting big crowds on both days.</p>

<p>“We’ve sold out all 1,000 tables. I’m looking forward to it,” said Sandy Ackerman, president and show manager of the New York State Arms Collectors Association, which is hosting the event.</p>

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

<p>Ackerman noted the show has been dogged by rumors that it would not happen.</p>

<p>“Ever since the Safe Act passed, we’ve had people say it was going to be cancelled because we’re on state property,” she said. “Not true. The governor was asked (earlier this year) and he said we have a contract, we have a right to be there. The show is happening.”</p>

<p>The show, being held in the Center of Progress Building, will feature exhibits and displays by firearm collectors and dealers from across the county and Canada.</p>

<p>Ackerman, repeating what she’d told me several weeks ago, noted that “all state and federal firearm laws will be strictly observed. <br />“<br />She said her group has signed off on a “model gun show procedure” developed by the state Attorney General’s office. She described it as 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.”</p>

<p>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.”</p>

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

<p>I told her I’d recently written a story about the widespread shortage of ammunition at local sporting goods stores and statewide in the wake of the Safe Act and talk of increased federal gun control measures.</p>

<p>“I’ve talked a couple of our regular ammo guys. They do have ammo. I’ve been told there’s going to be .22 caliber rounds. I don’t know how many they’ll have, how long it’ll last or what they’ll be charging. Whatever they’ll be charging, I do know that people have paid the price (at other gun shows). I know they’re gearing up for a crazy weekend,” she said.</p>

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

<p>For further information, call Ackerman Klinger at 607-748-1010.</p>

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[HectorBuckBuster]

I may go to this show. I guess it all depends how youth turkey seasons goes with my daughter.