Or something. At least that’s the gist of yesterday’s breathless headlines about the latest murderous hypocrisy issuing from the blood-dripping lips of the never-sufficiently-damned NRA monsters…
The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech. Parkland students see hypocrisy.
Uh huh. Except that’s Vice President Pence, which means it’s far more likely to be the secret service rather than the NRA that’s getting soggy and hard to light about guns (other than their own, of course) at the venue. As indeed the Wapo piece does eventually get around to mentioning…
The NRA is complying with laws that prohibit firearms from being brought into areas where Secret Service protectees visit, [secret service] agency spokesman Shawn L. Holtzclaw told The Washington Post in a statement Sunday. That includes events in open-carry states such as Texas, he said.
“Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event,” Holtzclaw said.
So, not so much the NRA doing it.
Exactly what all this has to do with the Parkland kids, I have no idea. I’m guessing nothing, but when you’re just making shit up for your title why not throw them into the mix?
Never let a few inconvenient details get in the way of a good clickbait headline.
For the children.
So, if people were truly interested in their “rights,” instead of a photo op with politicians, they wouldn’t go anywhere near these gun free zones. Just on principle.
Really? So there really are actual federal laws preventing carrying guns in proximity of a gubmint protectee. I wasnt aware of that, I wish I knew which federal statute is being referenced here.
Is the pre determined perimeter checkpoint based on any particular caliber? What if you were carrying a .50 Barrett?