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LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles County last week banned the sale of ammunition and guns on county property, effectively canceling the heavily attended Great Western Gun Show, which has been held on the county fairgrounds for more than 30 years.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to end the weapons sales following a series of recent incidents of gun violence, including an attack at a local Jewish community center and the shooting of a postal worker earlier this month.

Great Western president Karl Amelang denounced the vote as a misguided attempt to lay blame for gun violence on responsible firearms dealers at his company’s gun show, a gathering of mostly antique-weapons dealers that brings an estimated $9 million annually to Los Angeles.

Amelang called the vote “a thinly veiled attempt to destroy the constitutional rights of a legal entity,” and promised to challenge the decision in court, the Los Angeles Times reported.