It is about insurance and risk. Two AD's in one year proves the point.

The venues require the show promoter supply insurance. The math tells the insurance companies that the risk is elevated due to the potential of a loaded gun. Two AD's in the last year prove the math. As a result, insurance rates go up. Remove the loaded guns and the "risk" appears to go down to the insurance company. It's really simple math and economics. Keep in mind that no insurance means no shows.

It's sorta like the gas in your car. Low risk, until you take the gas for 1,000 cars and store it at one location... a gas station. The risk of a substantial accident goes up, therefore the cost to insure goes up. It's a well known issue within the insurance industry.

We can argue about all the politics, but having spent time on the fringe of the insurance industry and being ok at math, their logic really does make sense.

I was 20 feet away from the last AD at the Tanner show. I am sure that I am biased as a result, but as a CWP holder I see the logic and would find it difficult to argue for loaded weapons at the show, at least from the insurance companies standpoint.