Lilred's rant of the week...gun shows

[Rocky Raab]

Lilred, a booth like that is now about three GRAND. It beats me how anybody expects to break even at those things - that's why I quit going to them as a vendor after about three trips (back when they were "only" about eight hundred).

The SHOT Show, which isn't even open to the public, is now running about $75 a square foot and the smallest booth is 10x10.

Those raffles make more money on the name and address lists than on the tickets. How do you think all those junk mail senders get your info? Raffle entries. Try it sometime: put down some silly name with your address and see how long after the show you start to get mail addressed to that silly name. Not long. (The bad part is that it'll never stop, of course.)