County Office Building

White Plains, NY

Dear County Executive Astorino:

  The tragedy in Oregon highlights the need to ban gun shows at government buildings.  Although people have the right to purchase and own guns - the easy availability of guns may be a contributing factor to the recent tragedy in Oregon and the violence taking place around the country.

  Shortly after the massacre in Connecticut you courageously cancelled the gun show at the Westchester County Center (see article below).   However, the gun shows resumed at the County Center the following year. I checked the websites. Doesn't seem like any gun shows are currently scheduled for 2016 at the County Center (see below)--although the gunshowtrader.com site  leads one to believe that a gun show will be scheduled at the center next year.  Since no gun show is currently scheduled, there would be no inconvenience to anyone if the gun show is banned.

  I am calling on the county  to ban all gun shows at the County Center.  Gun shows were banned by former County Executive Andrew Spano in 1999 in the wake of Columbine.   It's not the place of government to encourage gun ownership

.http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/18/county-cancels-gun-show-after-massacre/1777105/

https://gunshowtrader.com/gunshows/new-york-city/   No gun show at county center currently scheduled!