Gun owners issue challenge to Del Mar , California exhibit protestors

The San Diego Union Tribune reports:

A group of San Diego gun owners, worried that the Del Mar Fairgrounds might not renew its controversial gun shows, issued a challenge Friday to anyone who can prove illegal sales have taken place there.

The San Diego County Gun Owners, a political action committee with more than 1,000 members, offered to donate $10,000 to a favorite charity of anyone who can prove someone at the shows has violated state laws requiring background checks, a 10-day waiting period or prohibiting the sale of automatic weapons.

Opponents of the show said the challenge is a stunt.

“We believe that (Gun Owners Executive Director Michael) Schwartz’s $10,000 challenge is a disingenuous, fundraising scam,” said Rose Ann Sharp, a Del Mar resident and organizer of the group NeverAgainCa.

“Schwartz knows that none of the allegations he claims to refute was ever made and therefore no reward will ever be won,” Sharp said in an emailed response to questions. “Instead, like the NRA, he is trying to incite his membership to donate out of fear and anger to this faux challenge.”

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