Rock Island, Ill. (KWQC) – The Quad Cities Gun and Knife show had its first event at the QCCA Expo Center this weekend.
The show had up to 300 tables with 100 vendors from around the Midwest.
Organizers of the show said they wanted to put this event on in the Quad Cities because gun and knife shows are dying off.
Stating that “Illinois has changed a lot of laws and made it hard for the dealers, and Forty percent of the dealers quit after a lot of new laws came out so there aren’t as many gun dealers anymore in Illinois.”
The law they spoke about is the gun control bill Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law during his first days in office. It made it illegal for retailers to sell guns without being certified by the state.
Organizers said the Quad Cities hasn’t had a vendor show like this for a few years, and up to 1,400 people attended the show on Saturday.
