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April 18, 2005

My Two Moms...

And then there were two. I was reading a good feature about the NRA convention in Houston that covered many of the events and exibits and came across this:

Things were a little quieter outside the convention center.

Two lonely protesters walked the sidewalk in front of the annual convention, an event that has drawn thousands of protesters over the years in different states.

"I thought, 'There are going to be hundreds, thousands of protesters,' " said Linda Abdmoulaie, the first to arrive. "I looked everywhere."

Abdmoulaie went home for lunch and, when she returned, "Pam was here!" The two had never met.

Pam, holding a sign reading, "Actually, guns do kill people," declined to give her last name.

Yep. The Brady Bunch really know how to rally their troops! 60 thousand pro-2A supporters inside, 2 anti-gunners outside. That's why I have to laugh when I read this:

While gun-control groups acknowledge the NRA's influence in government, those activists say the NRA is out of step with most Americans.

Right. That must be the reason why, in courts and legislatures all across the country, the gun-grabbers are getting stomped like narcs at a biker's rally.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at April 18, 2005 06:37 AM

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I saw the protester with the sign that said, Yes Guns kill people. There were just a handful of anti-gun people there, no more than ten total and at least 10 thousand inside the convention center. Every seat was packed at the NRA Banquet and the number of protesters outside swelled to around 150 to 200. But.., the new protesters were all anti Tom Delay, not really anti-gun. The anti-gun turnout was pretty pathetic, but that didn't stop the Houston Chronicle from turning out a couple of very biased gun articles that are basically Brady Bunch press releases. Denise talks about one of the articles today over at the Ten Ring.

Posted by: Yosemite Sam at April 18, 2005 11:23 AM

"Actually, guns do kill people,"

Fascinating. I would love to see these guns that, of their own volition and with no help from people, go out and kill people. All of the guns I've ever seen just kind of sit there without the extra help.

Posted by: Ken Summers at April 18, 2005 04:43 PM

Magic guns!

Posted by: Ken Summers at April 18, 2005 04:53 PM

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