NRA: Where Was Their Security?

Unless either of those asshole protesters are agents of the federal or State government, LaPierre really can’t bitch about any 1A freedoms being infringed.

Agreed. But please, NOT Ted Nugent. That guy is toxic waste from a PR perspective.

Perhaps even LaPierre wouldn’t even need to be replaced — there’s this whole thing called “hiring a professional press spokesperson”. The NRA might give it some thought.

Yeah, see, our criminal safe zone didn’t work, lol, Randy

just what i was thinking.

agreed… was it me or did the camera pan out to the crowd 1-2 seconds before the female protestor stood up??? …perfect timing??? staged …by the drive-by media.. i think it was thats how they play

Exactly. These CodePinkos were undoubtedly given press credentials by their handlers in the media, present at the event. Wouldn’t be the first time.

You mean like a United States Representative shouting out “you lie” during Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress?

You mean like hanging a big sign in front of the camera during a campaign speech in Cincinnati, and shouting about abortion for 15 minutes until security guards finally remove you?

Yeah, that sort of thing never happens to Obama.

He likes money more, he’ll not spoil his cash cow at CBS!

I was thinking he should have announced that he agreed with them when they called for “saving the children” or whatever it was, thereby negating them, then expounding back to point.

See post #11

NRA called for armed trained security in our schools, they did not say it had to be teachers. If there were no guns allowed in the conference it was adequate security was outside (and inside) the whole time.

More guns are not needed for protection where there are lots already. I walk into a police station unarmed with complete confidence, Randy

I suppose there were no guns allowed, seeing as it took place in a hotel in downtown DC, where noone but police are permitted to carry.

I thought that NRA statement was made at a hotel inside DC, which still lacks concealed carry. If it was in fact in DC, then your friend was right, just not for any of the reasons they might have considered.

Zero chance that she was there without being recognized. You know darn well all the camera guys were keeping a beady eye on her for even the slightest hint that she was going to do something interesting.

Or, we can put up more signs, take the best self defense weapon to protect families there is because a deranged lunatic might get it. Oh yeah, thats a plan. You are confusing “big brother” with average citizens/security guards protecting kids. Randy

@LBD

WTF are you talking about?

citizens being armed is the antithesis of a police state.

Where did he say that, exactly. See? He didn’t. So if some of the staff at the school had concealed handguns, what do you think the final death toll would have been?

They WERE safe, and that only enriches the irony.

So you are saying that the only reason they were safe is because of all the guns? Or are you saying that every other time a peaceful protester waves a sign in front of a camera, they should expect to get shot?

As a general rule, though, anyone who crosses the NRA does get death threats, they just don’t start until three or four hours later. See, for example: http://wonkette.com/493982/rhode-island-prof-learns-only-wingnuts-allowed-to-use-violent-metaphors

Not staged — she is a well known media personality, and if she shows up to an NRA conference then something interesting is likely to happen. Wouldn’t be surprised if the major outlets had their backup cameras aimed in her direction the whole time, just in case.

go back to your kitchen and bake some cookies….

Hey, Dances In Blood… oops, I’m sorry, I meant Honor the Victims:

“If guns are so awesome, why did the coward have everyone wanded – no guns allowed.”

If people were wanded coming into that press conference, here’s why… Because despite his possible (likely, even) own desires to carry a concealed weapon, LaPierre understood that he was in Washington, D.C. where concealed carry is disallowed, so he wasn’t carrying. He was obeying the law. On the other hand, if someone had made up their mind to do him harm, then they were already planning on breaking a really big law (y’know, murder…), so breaking a tiny one like “you can’t conceal a gun here” would not even register on their radar.

That’s the thing you people don’t get. Criminals don’t care about laws. If someone (Adam Lanza/angry person) makes up their mind to kill someone (like a bunch of kids at an elementary school/Wayne LaPierre), the only way a “gun free zone” sign is gonna stop him is if you buy a thousand of them and use them to build a friggin’ wall!

Hey Honor,
Change your screen name. The way you present yourself here just shows you have no honor, no respect, and especially no clue!!
While your at it go change your diaper, I think you have soiled yourself!!

The correct word is “drivel” not “dribble” unless you are talking about a basketball or a liquid running down your chin. I wouldn’t have mentioned it but Sanchanim used the same word in another post today. Have a nice day!

@ Glenn Billings
I think that, like many of us here have already volunteered to do, a security force of volunteer veterans and retired/ off duty LEO’s would be the way to go.
No TSA type crap. The teachers and school staff know their kids and personnel. Working along side of them we would get to know the kids, the staff and the parents. New staff or new kids?? Get them introduced to the security people, let them meet face to face.
Every semester have a meeting of staff, parents and security personnel to discuss anything that might need fixed, get the security people and the parents together. Introduce, get to know, be a part of the school and the community!
Won’t happen overnight but one step in the right direction will lead to other and more frequent steps in the right direction!
It is not the responsibility of the Fed or state government or the BATFE or any government agency to protect the individual schools and students, it is our responsibility, and on the same note it is the responsibility of the government to remove the gun free zones and allow us to protect our own, in Any place we are legally allowed to be.
School, the mall, church, any place. A parent, or a security person armed in the mall or school could have, and in the mall case did stop the slaughter of innocents. 2 people dying at the hands of a nutcase is 2 too many. But had a CHCL holder been in the school, and armed, I feel that a few more lives would have been saved. As the law stands now we cannot legally protect our own or others incapable of protecting themselves in many places we all have the legal right to be.

What I heard was when he said “involve parents.” I think a security plan that involves armed parents is the way to go. The general pulic doesn’t have much occasion to venture into the school system, but parents are highly invested.