{"id":3971,"date":"2013-01-10T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T23:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2013-01-10T09:13:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T14:13:49","slug":"shot-show-2013-begins-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=3971","title":{"rendered":"SHOT Show 2013 Begins Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas runs from January 15 through 18.\u00a0 Last year over 61,000 attendees descended upon the Sands Convention Center to view the wares of 1,600+ exhibitors.\u00a0 I was one of 2,500 media members.\u00a0 It is time for me to pack up the iPad, notebooks, and cameras to take my yearly sabbatical as journalist and not cop.<\/p>\n

As usual, I am honored to join the great guys from BlueSheepdog.com<\/a> and GunsHolstersandGear.com<\/a> at the Big Show.\u00a0 GHG is already running a truckload of 2013 pre-Show info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SHOT Show is an industry trade show hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.\u00a0 As this is a trade show, the general public is not invited.\u00a0 Nothing is “for sale” and it is not what most would think of as a gun show.\u00a0 This is where the commerce of the firearms and related industries is conducted.\u00a0 Vendors woo merchants with their latest products.\u00a0 Manufacturers entertain broadcast, print, and Internet media for exposure and advertising.\u00a0 Monday’s Media Day at the Range in Boulder City is for the press to handle and test the latest weaponry.<\/p>\n

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SHOT Show floor 2012<\/p><\/div>\n

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Shooting a Kriss Vector .45ACP at Media Day at the Range 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

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Luxurious Office Space at Harrah's<\/p><\/div>\n

I am very curious about what the mood will be both on the show floor and in the press room at SHOT in light of the recent “dialogue” about gun control in this country.\u00a0 The firearms industry has been on a real high since, oh, about 2008 (go figure).\u00a0 Can it continue?\u00a0 How will threats of impending legislation affect what they are able to manufacture and what you will be able to legally purchase for defense and recreation?<\/p>\n

As an aside, please find it in your time and wallet to support groups like the National Rifle Association<\/a>, National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, Florida Carry<\/a>, and other like-minded organizations that are working hard to protect our Second Amendment rights…<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas runs from January 15 through 18.\u00a0 Last year over 61,000 attendees descended upon the Sands Convention Center to view the wares of 1,600+ exhibitors.\u00a0 I was one of 2,500 media members.\u00a0 It is time for me to pack up the iPad, notebooks, and cameras to take my yearly sabbatical as journalist and not cop. As usual, I am honored to join the great guys from BlueSheepdog.com and GunsHolstersandGear.com at the Big Show.\u00a0 GHG is already running a truckload of 2013 pre-Show info here. SHOT Show is an industry trade show hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation.\u00a0 As … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[827],"class_list":["post-3971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shot-show","tag-shot-show"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p28xkp-123","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3971"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3985,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971\/revisions\/3985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}