![]() ![]() I don’t care if his guns are toys, having a gun seller at # WizardWorld when there have been 2000+ shootings in Chicago this year is nuts. You know where you wont find a gun manufacturer set up at a comic con? REAL comic cons like Artistacon, & Marc Lombardi ( August 16, 2016 Nyxie Black ( August 16, Is there somewhere to donate for an army of Batman cosplayers to block the booth, arms folded? # GunFreeComicCon I won’t go to a con where people need to fear getting killed because someone decided it was ok to sell guns there. Reminder: We’ll be performing forced genital mutilations at our booth at Chicago. Arms to exhibit at the show has been met with outcry by comic book fans on social media, with the hashtag # GunFreeComicCon appearing Tuesday on Twitter, with fans using it to joke about unsavory things that will be appearing at the con (human trafficking, poisonous How about a mens rights activists booth while we’re at it? # gunfreecomiccon ![]() Wizard Entertainment’s decision to allow D.S. While content and display guidelines exist for exhibitors at Wizard World events, Milani told The Hollywood Reporter that “these are discussed with potential exhibitors rather than being public information.” Arms was confirmed as an exhibitor at Wizard World Chicago only after “discussion with them and clarification of what they would have present at the show,” although he did not go into detail. ![]() Weapons policies at fan conventions have become increasingly under scrutiny in recent years at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Heat Vision reported on the inspection process fans underwent in order to gain entrance to the show with cosplay replica weapons that show’s official policy goes further than Wizard World’s by adding zip-ties and wristbands to costumes to signify that weapons have passed inspection and cannot be used on the convention floor.Īccording to Milani, D.S. Arms is within the stated weapons policy for Wizard World events, which states that “Actual firearms of any sort are not allowed simulated weapons … will be allowed, but must be non-firing.” “They are not displaying or selling any real weaponry at the event,” Wizard’s Jerry Milani clarified in an email to Heat Vision when asked about the confusion. Arms’ involvement with the convention - which the company had been advertising for some time - first came to many people’s attention last weekend when it was reported that Wizard World Chicago had barred the company from attending, with a spokesman for the show explaining, “it has come to our attention that the organization markets and sells actual, real-life weapons we have elected to not retain them as an exhibitor at the event.” Days later, however, the convention had done an about-face and readmitted the company. ![]()
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