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As an Irvine Democrat campaigning to represent residents of California’s 37th Senate District in 2019, Dave Min set his political sights on ending the decades-long tradition of hosting gun shows at the state-owned Orange County fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
Fresh off the heels of deadly shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, and a similar attack on July 28 of that year at California’s Garlic Festival in Gilroy that left three dead and 17 wounded, Min said a “tragic cycle of gun violence” had to end.
“I don’t see freedom … when I arrive at the county fair and am given free tickets to take my family to a gun show,” the UC Irvine law professor said in a statement that August, announcing his ambition to stop the Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the fairgrounds.
A CONSORTIUM comprising several of the Island s leading festival and summer show organisers are more optimistic about 2021 following an encouraging meeting with the government s culture minister and her comments made in the House of Commons. Sarah Moss, event organiser for Jack Up Events, who leads the consortium, is hopeful of government insurance backing as they plan their shows for next year and avoid another financial meltdown as they did this summer, with cancellations, due to Covid-19.
Sarah Moss, event organiser for Jack Up Events. Photo: Jo Monck The consortium includes several of the Island s longest-standing and most respected festivals and summer shows, including Jack Up the Summer, the Garlic Festival and the Chale Show.