Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker doesn't like the idea of a gun show at the State Fairgrounds the same weekend as threats of armed protests escalate over the presidential inauguration.
NORTH CAROLINA CAPITOL BUILDING AND THEY WOULD NOT SAY. RENEE? >> JOE FISHER LIVE IN RALEIGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOE. >>> AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A GUN SHOW THAT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS. THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THIS CONCERNS HIM AND WRAL'S ADAM OWENS HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT IS THE TIMING OF THESE THINGS THAT REALLY HAVE HIM CONCERNED. THE FIRST IS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BEEN TOLD TO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ARMED PROTEST AT LOCAL STATE CAPITALS. AT THE SAME TIME ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME HERE AT THE JIM GRAHAM BUILDING YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNS PROMOTE THE GUN AND KNIFE SHOW THAT THEY ARE PREPARING FOR JUST AS LAW ENFORCEMENT PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE PROTESTING AS WELL. THE SISTERS TOMORROW AND RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS HAS THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF CONCERNED WITH THE FBI WARNING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ARMED PROTEST. I TALKED WITH A SPOKESPERSON WHO SAYS THEY ARE STEPPING UP THE STAFF AND TAKING OTHER SIMILAR MEASURES TO WHAT THEY DID OVER THE SUMMER WHEN DEMONSTRATORS TOOK OVER THE STREET. THE SHERIFF SAID THE GUN SHOW HERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ADDS TO HIS CONCERN AT THIS DELICATE TIME. >> TO HAVE A GUN SHOW IN TOWN OF ALL THINGS THIS WEEKEND. WE HAVE A GUN SHOW. THIS DOES NOT SIT VERY WELL WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
