“It’s a great day to get robbed” should be the Washington State Fair’s new motto after guns and weapons were banned from this year’s event.

Sadly, for Fair employees and guests, the criminals ignored the prohibition and plied their trade quite lucratively.

Armed robbers hold up three state fair workers in one night

PUYALLUP, Wash. (KOMO) — Puyallup police are beefing up patrols around the Washington State Fair after armed robbers hit three times over the weekend.

The police response wasn’t to encourage the State Fair to reconsider their simple-minded ban on guns in the hands of good guys, but this hand-wringing, limp-wristed comment:

“I’d say it was very bold to be doing this, especially this time of year with the fair going on and so many people being out and about,” said Capt. Ryan Portmann of the Puyallup Police Department.