STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A gun show is being held this weekend in Stamford, Connecticut, despite the mayor's plea that the event not be held so soon after last month's massacre at an elementary school in nearby Newtown.
The gun show is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the city's Crowne Plaza Hotel, less than 50 miles from the shooting that brought renewed calls for gun control from across the country. The show's promoter is Westchester Collectors Inc., of Mahopac Falls, New York.
On December 14, 2012, Gunman Adam Lanza, 20, armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle, killed 20 first graders and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Lanza's father, Peter Lanza, lives in Stamford. His ex-wife, Nancy, lived in Newtown with their son Adam, who killed her before driving to the school to carry out the other killings.
On Friday, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia, a Republican, released a statement asking the organizers to reconsider holding the event this weekend.
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