Occasions of this nature, located within the Idaho panhandle, particularly inside Kootenai County, function non permanent marketplaces for firearms, ammunition, and associated equipment. These gatherings usually entice distributors and fans from the encompassing area, together with Washington and Montana, and supply a venue for the authorized sale, commerce, and appraisal of such objects, topic to federal, state, and native laws.
These occasions foster financial exercise inside the local people by vendor charges, customer spending on lodging, meals, and different associated bills. Additionally they present an area for people excited about firearms to attach, find out about new merchandise, and probably purchase objects for sport, assortment, or self-defense, whereas facilitating training on accountable gun possession and secure dealing with practices, ceaselessly together with security programs and informational cubicles.