— Greensboro City Council members are considering canceling the annual Gun and Knife Show in light of the recent mass shooting at a Florida high school.

Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughn told NBC affiliate WXII that the entire City Council is in support of canceling the show, scheduled for Aug. 25 through Aug. 26 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

Vaughn, who describes herself as a gun owner, said the idea came about in response to a conversation she had with her daughter, a high school student, about the Florida shooting that left 17 people dead.

“As a council, we thought about it and I think it’s well thought out,” Vaughn said. We are not saying to the rightful gun store within our city that we want them to stop doing business as they are, but we are saying as a city that we don’t have to do it in our coliseum.

In response to the proposed cancelation, Grass Roots North Carolina issued a statement, calling the plan illegal.

“The proposal by the Greensboro City Council is a regulation of the sale and purchase of firearms and components by an action of a municipality and, as such, is a direct violation of North Carolina law. As a party adversely effected by this action, Grass Roots North Carolina has standing to challenge, and will vigorously do so, this illegal exercise of power by the Greensboro City Council,” the statement said.

The director of the Greensboro Coliseum told Vaughn that he did not raise any objections to canceling the show, but noted the city may face a cancelation fee, according to WXII.

Vaughn said the City Council will address the matter at a meeting later this month.

Last year, multiple weapons were stolen from several vendors and the Gun and Knife Show.