We’ll admit that, while it dwarfed the size of your average Sandra Fluke rally, the size of the “crowd” gathered outside the the NRA’s annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, is not a scientific indicator of the public’s support for gun control legislation. Still, that figure of 90 percent public support that gun control advocates keep throwing around does seem awfully high, especially when you consider the equally anemic turnout for the tiny Stop the NRA march in Washington, D.C., last month.
https://twitter.com/CrankyBuddha33/status/330695420395266048
All right, it is early yet. Let’s give them another four hours to get things rolling.
Not a very big turn from the anti gun protesters at the NRA show, LOL pic.twitter.com/x6X6oCJPVA
— Houston Armory (@HoustonArmory) May 4, 2013
For a moment, at least two of the “protesters” were gun enthusiasts crashing the party.
LOL @RTKirkulous and I as protesters. #nra #nraam #nrashow #protest #antigun #igmilitia #igmilitiatx… http://t.co/gIRHX2bCjd
— Mike Centola (@mikecentola) May 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/330755813624909826
Some photos from one of the protestors give an idea of the signs on display, as well as confirmation of the relative intimacy of the gathering.
My new friend Jackie at the Protest at the @NRA's #AssClown fest / #guncontrol #gunsense #MomsDemand #libcrib #ctl pic.twitter.com/Q3G9ZT7r54
— GEOFFREY (@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
Protesting @NRA in Houston / @MomsDemand Action #Congress! #Gunsense = Common Sense / #guncontrol #uniteblue #ctl pic.twitter.com/Za2WVYll87
— GEOFFREY (@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
@MomsDemand #gunsense @NRA! Downtown Houston Protest / My 1st Protest! #guncontrol #NoWayNRA! uniteblue #unitebluetx pic.twitter.com/YNuyWkVOru
— GEOFFREY (@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
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Well, just left the Protest across st from @NRA Conv / My 1st Protest! / @MomsDemand was there, didnt see @OccupyNRA / #uniteblue #gunsense
— GEOFFREY (@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
Just to keep things in perspective, Touré would like to clarify just how tiny the NRA’s membership is.
http://twitter.com/Toure/statuses/330834029656039425
@Toure So ×50 your viewers?
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) May 5, 2013
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