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GUN SHOW CROWD OVERSHOOTS TARGET; ORGANIZERS ARE PLEASED WITH THE NUMBER WHO SHOWED UP AT THE DANTE ALIGHIERI LODGE.(Local)

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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20020114
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Byline: Fred A. Mohr Staff writer

The parking lot was overflowing at the Dante Alighieri Lodge in Oswego Sunday. Inside, men in hunting vests, a few with rifles slung over their shoulders, checked out rows of tables piled with firearms, accessories and war memorabilia.

Attendance at the Continental Arms Collectors Association Gun Show was the highest it's been since the mid-1990s, said George Clark, president of the association. About 550 people attended the show, which has been a fixture in Oswego since 1982.

"Sept. 11 is about the only reason I can think of," Clark ...

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