Firearms fans who came downtown to support continued gun sales at the County Fairplex’s gun shows put on a pretty good show of their own this week. Twenty people — some repeats from last time, but a few new faces — showed up to protest the supervisors’ decision to ban the show.It turns out that the gun proponents’ appearance was not only encouraged by the local National Rifle Association chapter, but was actually subsidized by county taxpayers — thanks to one of the supervisors.Or so one gathered from an entry on the NRA’s local Web site (calnra.org). There one found instructions to lighten the burden of attendance for prospective protesters: Just call up the office of Supervisor Mike Antonovich, give your name to his secretary, and she’ll arrange the (normally $9 minimum) parking gratis. “Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office [is] asking for support in his stand against banning gun shows on county properties . . . [T]ake advantage of this offer of free parking,” says the site.
Source: Big-Spender Mike | L.A. Weekly