A gun show was given the go-ahead by Ventura County Fair Board of Directors Tuesday, but a stipulation of the approval is to prohibit the sales of “ghost gun” kits.
Ghost guns, according to gun violence prevention group Brady United, are unregulated firearm parts that can be bought and assembled into a gun without a background check.
“As these kits and guns are sold at gun shows...they undermine all of the lifesaving policies that state legislatures have fought so hard to put in place,” the gun violence prevention group said on its website.
The guns are unserialized, untraceable and beginning to show up more frequently in crimes across the United States, according to the Center for American Press.
- July 2020: An individual prohibited from possessing guns allegedly murdered two people in Pennsylvania using a homeoend 9mm handgun.
- November 2019: A 16-year-old shot five of his classmates at Saugus High School before fatally shooting himself. Two of his victims died of their injuries.
- Nov. 13, 2017: In Northern California, a man prohibited from possessing firearms ordered kits to build AR-15-style rifles. He used the weapons on Nov. 13 to shoot and kill his wife at home before a rampage the following day. Five people were killed, dozens more were injured.
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The gun show in Ventura will be held at the fairgrounds from Oct. 23 to Oct. 24. It has yet to appear on the fairground’s calendar of events.
At least one board director is pushing to amend the fairground policy so future gun shows are not allowed to be held there, according to the Ventura County Star. It’s unclear if the majority of board members agree.
If they do, the Star reported that Rob Templeton, vice president of the Crossroads of the West, would sue. Templeton’s company holds gun shows at the fairgrounds and other event sites across the western U.S.
He told the Star that the company won a $500,000 settlement over gun shows at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego.
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