Crossroads of the West Gun Shows is a travelling gun show, the largest in the United States. [1] Their regular attendance of 10,000 was predicted to exceed 17,000 following the 2015 San Bernardino attack. [2] As many as 1,400 vendors attend. [3] It holds 60 shows a year. [4] Total annual attendance exceeds 500,000. [5] It is a member of the National Association of Arms Shows. [1]
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows maintains a strict policy prohibiting loaded firearms or magazines on show premises. In 2015, after forty years in business, a man at a show in Phoenix, Arizona, accidentally shot a friend with a newly purchased antique firearm. The injury was non-life-threatening. [6] A Taiwanese national was arrested in 2016 after purchasing 17,000 rounds of ammunition at a Crossroads of the West show. [7]
Popular items include ammunition and civilian versions of M-16/M-4 style " black guns". [8] Non-firearm merchandise includes swords, survival gear, and beef jerky. [5]
People often attend with their families. [9] At some venues concealed carry classes are offered. [10]
Bob Templeton started the company in Salt Lake City [11] in 1975 with his wife Lynn. [1]
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows is a travelling gun show, the largest in the United States. [1] Their regular attendance of 10,000 was predicted to exceed 17,000 following the 2015 San Bernardino attack. [2] As many as 1,400 vendors attend. [3] It holds 60 shows a year. [4] Total annual attendance exceeds 500,000. [5] It is a member of the National Association of Arms Shows. [1]
Crossroads of the West Gun Shows maintains a strict policy prohibiting loaded firearms or magazines on show premises. In 2015, after forty years in business, a man at a show in Phoenix, Arizona, accidentally shot a friend with a newly purchased antique firearm. The injury was non-life-threatening. [6] A Taiwanese national was arrested in 2016 after purchasing 17,000 rounds of ammunition at a Crossroads of the West show. [7]
Popular items include ammunition and civilian versions of M-16/M-4 style " black guns". [8] Non-firearm merchandise includes swords, survival gear, and beef jerky. [5]
People often attend with their families. [9] At some venues concealed carry classes are offered. [10]
Bob Templeton started the company in Salt Lake City [11] in 1975 with his wife Lynn. [1]