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>> >>ALISON: SOME OF THE SATISFIED CUSTOMERS CARRIED BACKPACKS, OTHERS NEEDED BOXES.
TOM, A YOUNG MARINE FROM NORTHERN MAINE GROUP WITH GUNS.
>> >>: IF THEY WANT TO TAKE MY GUNS AND AMMO WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO BUT STOCK PILE
IT? >> >>ALISON: THE LINES STRETCHED ON IT & ON.
JIM VAN OF CORONADO A RETIRED MERCHANT MARINE SAYS HE GOT IN LINE ABOUT 7:30ÊA.M., BUT
HE HAD MET OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN IN LINE SINCE BEFORE DAWN.
>> >>: CALIFORNIA'S CRACKING DOWN ON BUYING AMMUNITION.
I JUST ORDERED A MINI 14, CAN'T GET AMMUNITION FOR IT YET.
I JUST GOT MY FIRST SHOTGUN THRVMENT ARE SHOTGUN SHELLS, NINE MILL MEET, CAN'T HARDLY GET ANY
AMMUNITION ANYWHERE. >> >>ALISON: A BILL TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND
CHECKS FOR AMMUNITION WAS STRUCK DOWN AS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE.
A FIELD POLL RELEASED IN FEBRUARY SHOWS 75% OF CALIFORNIANS FAVORED BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR PEOPLE BUYING AMMUNITION. STANDING A LIT TOOL ONE SIDE, JOHN RIPO, A
FORMER GUN DEALER, STOOD WATCHING THE CROWD. >> >>: I'VE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE IN THIS NUMBER
COME TO A SHOW LIKE THIS WITH DOLLIES TO CART AWAY THOUSANDS OF ROWPPEDS OF AMMUNITION.
>> >>: THE GENTLEMAN UP FORWARD IS CARRYING ABOUT A THOUSAND SHOT SHELLS ON THE BOTTOM
OF HIS DOLLY. ABOVE THAT HE HAS ANOTHER THOUSAND 223, TWO
CARTRIDGES OF AMMO CAN, AND 2500 ROUNDS N SMALL BLACK BOXES.
>> >>ALISON: HE'S A PART OF GUN CULTURE. >> >>: I GREW UP WITH THEM, I GREW UP KIND
OF COMING TO THE SHOW FOR 30 PLUS YEARS. I WAS IN THE TRADE 17 YEARS, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT WAS, THE CULTURE IS MORPHED IT CHANGESSED.
>> >>ALISON: HE BLAMES THE NRA FOR STIRRING UP PARANOIA FOR ITS OWN POLITICAL PURPOSES.
>> >>: MONGERING FEAR IS A BAD THING TO DO. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TODAY I WOULD
ARGUE ARE VICTIMS OF THAT FEAR. >> >>ALISON: NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE SHOW
AMAN WHO WOULD ONLY GIVE HIS NAME AS BILL HANDS OUT LIME GREEN LEAF LTS, THEY ADVERTISE
BUILD PARTIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN PUT TOGETHER THEIR OARCH OWN AR14S.
>> >>: DO IT THEMSELVES, AND YOU KNOW, HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND CHOOSE THE KUL EXPR FORGING
THAT THEY WANT. >> >>ALISON: SO IT'S LIKE A DO IT YOURSELF
GUN. >> >>: KIND OF, IT'S ONLY 80% COMPLETE WHICH
IS WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ALLOWS YOU TO DO. >> >>ALISON: THAT'S A SHORT STEP AWAY FROM
SKIRTING THE LAW, RIPO SAYS. >> >>: IF YOU MAKE YOUR OWN, YOU RUN THE RISK
OF SEVERE FEDERAL PENALTIES AND STATE PENALTY PENALTIES IF YOU DO NOT REGISTER THOSE PIECE
OF MACHINERY. >> >>ALISON: FOR SOME THE DEL MAR GUN FAIR
IS A FAME AFFAIR. EMMERSON, A FUNDING FOUNDER O THE GROUP STOP
THE GUN SHOWS FIND S THIS OFFENSIVE. >> >>: THE MESSAGE WE SEND TO OUR KIDSIS GUNS
ARE FUN, IT'S A SHOW, AND YOU KNOW, THE STATISTICS ARE VERY CLEAR THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
COUNTED OVER 6,000 KIDS KILLED IN 2010, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 7 KIDS BETWEEN 1 AND 19 EVERY
SINGLE DAY. AND THE CULTURE HAS GOT TO CHANGE.
I MEAN, GUNS ARE NOT FUN. THEY'RE LETHAL WEAPONS.
>> >>ALISON: EMMERSON SAYS THE DEL MAR FAIR GROUND IS A FAMILY FOCUSED GUN SHOW.
HE WANTS THE GUN SHOWS STOPPED. THE FAIR HOSTS 5 GUN SHOWS A YEAR.
FAIRBOARD PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
>> >>: WE JEN RUT RATE 3,000 DOLLARS A YEAR 300,000 DOLLARS A YEAR, A AS PUBLIC FACILITY
WE HAVE TO ALLOW ANYONE WHO HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO OPERATE HOLD THEIR SHOWS HERE.
>> >>ALISON: >> >>: IT'S NOT ABOUT GUN RIGHTS, IT'S ABOUT
THE GLORIFICATION OF FUN GUNS. >> >>ALISON: EMMERSON CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION
INTRODUCED THIS MONTH WOULD PROHIBIT GUN SHOWS AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE FAIR GRUND WOWLT THE
LOCAL APPROVAL OF THEIR COUNTY SUPERVISORS. ALISON ST. JOHN KPBS NEWS.