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ONEGOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NAZI PROPAGANDA AND BOMB MAKING MATERIALS SOLD ON THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS. IT HAPPENED DURING A GUN SHOW LAST MONTH. A CANDIDATE FOR THE IOWA SENATE IS CALLING ON THE FAIR BOARD TO NOT TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. KCCI’S ALEX SCHUMAN TALKED WITH THE CANDIDATE AND THE GUN SHOW’ ALEX: EDDIE MAURO’S SENATE CAMPAIGN SENT A LETTER AND PHOTOS TO THE IOWA STATE FAIR THIS WEEK. HE’S ASKING THEM NOT TO ALLOW FUTURE VENDORS TO SELL PRODUCTS WITH NAZI SYMBOLS OR DANGEROUS WEAPONS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS >> S.S. FLAGS. NAZI SYMBOLISM. WHITE NATIONALISM. ALEX THESE ARE THE PHOTOS THAT : CAUSED EDDIE MAURO A DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN IOWA TO SEND A LETTER TO THIS IOWA STATE FAIR DEMANDING THE STATE FAIR NOT ALLOW FUTURE VENDORS TO SELL THESE TYPES OF SYMBOLS ON FAIRGROUNDS. >> THE IOWA STATE FAIR BOARD SHOULD STANDING UP AND SAYING IOWA STATE FAIR BOARD SHOULD STANDING UP AND SAYING THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR SPEECH, BUT THAT’S NOT WELCOME HERE. YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. ALEX THE GUN SHOW WHERE THESE : PHOTOS WERE TAKEN HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 20 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 22. MAURO SAYS HE GOT THE PICTURES FROM AN IOWAN WHO CAME TO THE SHOW AT THE VARIED INDUSTRIES BUILDING. IN THEM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE AMONIUM NITRATE FOR SALE A COMPONENT IN THE BOMBS USED IN THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING AS WELL AS OTHER PRODUCTS WITH THE SYMBOL OF THE NAZI SS ABOVE THEIR LABELS. >> IT’S FREE SPEECH AND THAT’S WHAT WE AMERICANS STAND FOR. DO I AGREE WITH IT? NOT NECESSARILY. IT’S NOT MY RESPONSIBILTY OR MY JOB TO POLICE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK IS MORAL AND NOT MORAL. ALEX DARYL KLEIN ORGANIZED THE : GUN SHOW. HE SAYS THE NAZI AND SS FLAGS ARE COMMONLY SOLD AMONG SEVERAL OTHER HISTORICAL FLAGS. KLEIN’S HOSTED MANY SHOWS AT THE FAIR GROUNDS AND FEELS THE CRITICISM FROM MAURO’S CAMPAIGN IS EXAGGERATED. >> IT’S JUST SOMEONE THAT’S TRYING TO KICKSTART A CAMPAIGN, TRYING TO GET THEIR NAME IN THE PAPER IS ALL THEIR TRYING TO DO. AND THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE LOOK BAD. >> SOMEBODY COULD’VE WALKED INTO THAT GUN SHOW AS MANY RIFLES AS THEY WANTED TO, AS MUCH AMMUNITION AS THEY WANTED TO, BOMB MAKING MATERIAL, WRAPPED IT ALL UP INTO AN SS FLAG MADE THE PURCHASE AND GO HOME WITHOUT GETTING A BACKGROUND CHECK. ALEX THE IOWA STATE FAIR SAYS : THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBILE FOR THE PLANNING OR PROGRAMMING OF NON-FAIR EVENTS HOSTED ON THE FAIRGROUNDS. THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE SHOW. KLEIN TOLD THE STATE FAIR HE WILL BE WATCHFUL SO THAT ITEMS THAT WOULD OFFEND OR DISCRIMINATE ARE NOT SOLD AT FUTURE SHOWS AND THAT ALL ITEMS AVAILABLE ARE LEGAL IN THE STATE OF I

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Nazi propaganda and bomb making materials were sold on the Iowa State Fairgrounds during a gun show last month. A Democratic candidate for Iowa Senate is calling on the Fair Board to not let it happen again.Eddie Mauro's Senate campaign sent a letter and photos to the Iowa State Fair this week asking them not to allow future vendors to sell products with Nazi symbols or dangerous weapons at the fairgrounds. "The Iowa State Fair Board should be standing up and saying that you can have your speech, but that's not welcome here. You need to take that somewhere else," Mauro said. The gun show happened between Sept. 20-22. Mauro said he got picture of the gun show from an Iowan who came to the show at the Varied Industries Building. In the photos, there is an ammonium nitrate for sale, a component in the bomb used in the Oklahoma City bombing, as well as other products with the symbol of Nazi SS above their labels. "It's free speech and that's what we Americans stand for," said Daryl Klein, the gun show organizer. "Do I agree with it? Not necessarily. It's not my responsibility or my job to police what other people think is moral and not moral." He said the Nazi and SS flags are commonly sold among several other historical flags. Klein has hosted many shows at the fairgrounds and feels the criticism from the Mauro campaign is exaggerated. "It's just someone that's trying to kick-start a campaign, trying to get their name in the paper, is all their trying to do," Klein said. "And they're trying to make other people look bad." The Iowa State Fair said it's not responsible for the planning or programming of non-Fair events hosted on the fairgrounds. They also said they have not received any other complaints concerning the show. "Somebody could've walked into that gun show, got as many rifles as they wanted to, as much ammunition as they wanted to, bomb making material, wrapped it all up into an SS flag made the purchase and go home," Mauro said. Klein told the state fair he will be watchful so that items that would offend or discriminate are not sold at future shows and that all items available are legal in the state of Iowa.