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NRA convention and protests
Just back from the NRA convention in Dallas. No word on attendance yet--that will be announced on Monday, after it's ended--but upwards of 70,000 were predicted.
I see the anticipated stories on "protests" -- here's one from the Virginian Pilot, (curiously showing a speaker with no one else visible) and here's one that claims there were two protests "across the street" from the meeting (illustrated with an image of five or six protestors).
Funny, I wandered all over looking for them, and here's a pic I took from the entryway into the convention center:
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I wandered back several times, and there were only those two guys. A friend said he'd tried to find the protests, and finally found some about a quarter mile from the building, at Dallas City Hall.
Here's an interesting video report. It notes that antigun speaker Alyssa Milano showed up to speak, protected by at least two armed guards. You can see perhaps a couple of dozen in the audience (either protestors or media) and the calls and clapping are consistent with that estimate.
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I have been looking for articles about the protests since Friday. Only pictures I see are close up shots showing a maximum of 7 people. I don't know how many of those 7 where media or pro gun observers.
No shots from afar that show crowd size. I think the MSM might be a little disappointed. Maybe even a little embarrassed.
Did no one fund the buses for the antis?
All I saw at the AM were those two guys, and a truck driving around with a Moms sign on it....I was going to ask them (the truck) why they hated Gaia so much that they were wasting fuel and polluting the air driving around and around the building....
Friday evening I went across the street to Cafe Herrera after the meeting closed, and there was a fairly large crowd of "protesters" in front of the convention center between S. Lamar and S Griffin streets that hung around for an hour or so, made noise, and then left (right in/on the convention center's Lot C). I'm told that there were also a significant number of "[anti-gun democrat] for Governor" signs in evidence during that "protest", so...
Then, a few hours later a small group (around 10 plus or minus) showed up across S. Lamar from that parking lot to shout nonsense in the direction of Omni Dallas.
I protested for Prell to go back to the old glass bottle. After that, I became deeply cynical.