Best Wishes
Saw something interesting / disturbing while I was there around noonish. One of the vendors, nice kid, was arguing with someone (tall older guy, glasses, plaid shirt). It was getting heated. After a minute the vendor reached into his glass case and took out a couple of Glocks and put them under the counter. Couldn't hear what they were arguing about, but I can guess. Older guy was being a dick.
Anyone else see it?
Good Evening Everyone,
Seeing as it has been addressed, I feel it necessary to clarify prior to the spread of the already rampant disinformation being spread by a coalition of dealers who complained long and loud enough that things came to a head today. I am the person referred to as the "nice kid." My name is Andrew and I have been doing shows with my father, Tony, since I was in diapers. In my short 27 years I have seen the shows transform from a family-like atmosphere with dealers who work together to provide the best we can to something much more dark and disturbing.
As for today's event. The facts are as straightforward as I can present them. At the Foxboro Show, we were ordered to take the Glocks off the table by the gentleman in the "plaid shirt." The only information offered was that someone in Foxboro had taken issue with them. We complied and discontinued the displaying of the Glocks. Today we placed the Glocks back in the case and he again took issue with it but said that so long as no complaint was voiced, we could continue to display them. A few hours into the show, he approached us saying that a customer complained that we were breaking the law. When asked what law the customer said we were breaking, he wouldn't answer and told us to just take them off the table. We again complied. A short time later, someone summoned the Marlboro Police to the show to review what we were doing. The extremely polite and professional officer reviewed what we were doing and did not take issue. At this time, an employee of the man in the "plaid shirt" insisted we return the Glocks to the table. Unyielding, the gentleman with the "plaid shirt" returned to the table and began yelling that I was disobeying him. While trying to explain that we were told to put them back in he told me he would do things the hard way and made some form of a hand and face gesture to me.
Within a few minutes, one of his employees arrived with three police officers and informed us that even though he personally agreed with us, the "plaid shirt" man wanted us to leave the show. This was his right as promoted and we complied. The three police officers observed us packing up and when I asked his employee about their presence, he replied that the "plaid shirt" man had made some form of mention of fear of us. At no time did we threaten anyone and we left without incident.
My father and I cannot thank all of our loyal customers and the scores of conversationalists over the years for the experiences and memories. We hope to see everyone in the future. Though we were asked by his employee to consider returning to another show, we have thought about this and will not be returning to the Newmart Promotions Inc. shows even if we are (which I feel safe in believing we aren't) welcome back.
Best Wishes To All and Happy Shooting!
The A.P. Martinello Quality Firearms team of Tony and Andrew