NRA Convention: Houston, TX
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Spats McGee
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As a matter of fact, yes! 
Armorer-at-Law
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I'll be there Friday and Saturday.
I wish I was going...
My weekend neighbor is a police officer in Houston & is in charge of managing large events. He says this will be the biggest event that they have ever had to staff-up for. And for those that don't know, Houston ain't just a spot in the road! He said he could even get me a pass in!!!
While he doesn't expect problems, they are staffing up a lot of officers form all over. He knows there will be plenty of protesters there, but as of this last weekend he didn't have any good stat's.
Enjoy, you lucky guys!
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My weekend neighbor is a police officer in Houston & is in charge of managing large events. He says this will be the biggest event that they have ever had to staff-up for. And for those that don't know, Houston ain't just a spot in the road! He said he could even get me a pass in!!!
While he doesn't expect problems, they are staffing up a lot of officers form all over. He knows there will be plenty of protesters there, but as of this last weekend he didn't have any good stat's.
Enjoy, you lucky guys!
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allaroundhunter
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I'll be there helping out around the Freedom Munitions table on Saturday I believe.
allaroundhunter
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Well, it was an armed civilian who started shooting. As he was addressed by a DHS agent some reports say that he tried to kill himself. An autopsy is required to determine whether the agent's bullet or the gun man's bullet caused the fatal wound.
Brian Pfleuger
Moderator Emeritus
There is a thread in regard to that incident and it has nothing to do with the NRA convention.
Found it here.
These are not SBRs as they look at first but are instead AR Pistols. The "stock" is actually a forearm brace that attaches to the pistol's buffer assembly. I'll let the article explain further for those interested enough to look.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/05/chris-dumm/sigsauer-ar-pistol-brace-i-hope-this-stays-legal/
Not anything I need but I expect they will sell enough to the "gota have it" crowd.
These are not SBRs as they look at first but are instead AR Pistols. The "stock" is actually a forearm brace that attaches to the pistol's buffer assembly. I'll let the article explain further for those interested enough to look.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/05/chris-dumm/sigsauer-ar-pistol-brace-i-hope-this-stays-legal/
Not anything I need but I expect they will sell enough to the "gota have it" crowd.
2ndsojourn
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The politics of gun control is back in the news (now that the Boston bombing is being milked dry), and the NRA convention is getting some air time. Sen. Ted Cruz has 'invited' Joe Biden to a debate on the merits of his efforts to reintroduce more gun control legislation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fINgajNjY58
Ted Cruz was president of the debate team at Princeton Univ and will eat shotgun Joe alive if he accepts. Probably the only way we'll see it happen is if pressure is maintained and the challenge repeated a few times, and the NRA really needs to promote this. I can't think of anything like this ever taking place before, with someone in an office as high as Vice President, so part of me thinks it'll probably never happen.
The NRA needs to really apply the heat and take advantage of this even if Biden declines, as there is a tremendous opportunity to score a lot of points with the fence-sitting public either way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fINgajNjY58
Ted Cruz was president of the debate team at Princeton Univ and will eat shotgun Joe alive if he accepts. Probably the only way we'll see it happen is if pressure is maintained and the challenge repeated a few times, and the NRA really needs to promote this. I can't think of anything like this ever taking place before, with someone in an office as high as Vice President, so part of me thinks it'll probably never happen.
The NRA needs to really apply the heat and take advantage of this even if Biden declines, as there is a tremendous opportunity to score a lot of points with the fence-sitting public either way.
I had a blast at the convention, and highly recommend that everyone go at least once.
Despite media claims of "protesters and NRA members squaring off" I saw about 30 protesters on Saturday afternoon.....a stark contrast from the 70,000 that the same media said was attending the convention. I'll give the protesters credit for being civil and polite (this is Texas after all
) but none of the ones that i talked to were the least bit informed about the issues.
Oh and I never could figure out what that big white art project was supposed to be...
Despite media claims of "protesters and NRA members squaring off" I saw about 30 protesters on Saturday afternoon.....a stark contrast from the 70,000 that the same media said was attending the convention. I'll give the protesters credit for being civil and polite (this is Texas after all
) but none of the ones that i talked to were the least bit informed about the issues. Oh and I never could figure out what that big white art project was supposed to be...
Spats McGee
Administrator
I never did see the protestors.
ETA: Here are just some of the cool stuff that I saw and did at the NRA Meeting:
ETA: Here are just some of the cool stuff that I saw and did at the NRA Meeting:
- An XDs in 9mm
- some really cool guns from Thompson
- a good home defense seminar put on by Rob Pincus
- lots of good horse-trading
- a rifle in a suitcase by Nemesis Arms
- an awesome modular AR design by MGI
- I met Marty Hayes and Massad Ayoob
- several celebrity sightings
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Rob Pincus
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Thanks, Spats!
I also posted an article on the Home Defense class... because of the flare up over the option of putting a defensive gun in the kid's room.
Glad you enjoyed the seminar!
I also posted an article on the Home Defense class... because of the flare up over the option of putting a defensive gun in the kid's room.
Glad you enjoyed the seminar!
BornToLooze
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I wanted to go to it, but I hate driving in Houston, and I thought it was this weekend.