jkwefghf Wrote:
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> tone deaf Wrote:
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> > Of course YOU don't find it the least bit
> > hypocritical that you guys push the agenda to
> > allow weapons everywhere but (YOU) ban them at
> YOUR own
> > functions
>
> WE (responsible gun owners) push the agenda but WE
> don't ban them from functions. Property management
> companies may not want guns due to insurance
> costs. Not having loaded weapons at functions
> doesn't mean that the message on responsible gun
> ownership and preserving the rights under the 2nd
> Amendment isn't the same.
>
> By the way, the NRA DIDN'T ban weapons at the
> convention:
>
>
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/nraban.asp
>
>
> However, the NRA did not in any way ban the
> carrying of guns at their convention; rather, the
> rumor to that effect stemmed from a
> misunderstanding of varying convention practices,
> local regulations, and existing laws.
>
> The NRA convention is a very large event, with
> expected attendance in the range of 70,000 to
> 80,000 persons, and will sprawl multiple venues.
> At the primary venue, Music City Center, gun
> owners with proper carry permits can indeed bring
> their guns with them during the association's
> convention. However, one of the auxiliary venues,
> the Bridgestone Arena (which will be hosting an
> NRA-sponsored concert by country music artist Alan
> Jackson and comedian Jeff Foxworthy), is a private
> venue that prohibits the possession of firearms,
> and attendees are bound to follow its regulations
> when they are in that particular arena. When
> attendees are at other convention locales, such as
> the main exhibit hall, they will be free to carry
> firerms in a manner consistent with state law.
>
> So, go fuck yourself.
Hostile and irrational. You probably shouldn't own firearms.