Occasions of this nature, located within the Idaho panhandle, particularly inside Kootenai County, function momentary marketplaces for firearms, ammunition, and associated equipment. These gatherings sometimes entice distributors and fanatics from the encircling area, together with Washington and Montana, and supply a venue for the authorized sale, commerce, and appraisal of such gadgets, topic to federal, state, and native laws.
These occasions foster financial exercise inside the area people by way of vendor charges, customer spending on lodging, meals, and different associated bills. Additionally they present an area for people enthusiastic about firearms to attach, study new merchandise, and doubtlessly purchase gadgets for sport, assortment, or self-defense, whereas facilitating schooling on accountable gun possession and protected dealing with practices, ceaselessly together with security programs and informational cubicles.