I do not think it means what you think it means
Irony, thy name is NRA convention.
Two of Nashville’s top tourism officials men who used their powerful voices to fight guns in bars for fear it would damage Music City’s image among visitors are now first in line to welcome a 50,000-member convention of the National Rifle Association.
Irony is no the first word I thought of. Hypocritical, sure. Irony, not so much.
November 29th, 2010 at 11:36 am
The problem is it will be held in a buliding where carry is not allowed. The NRA has stepped in it again.
November 29th, 2010 at 11:54 am
In this economy it is unprofitable to be anti gun. Oh and these two and quite a few others have their fingers in the commercial interests so they are going to get a massive slice of the profit..
November 29th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Reminds me of when the NRA convention came to Philly one year, and then Mayor Ed Rendell, who never had a nice thing to say about NRA, suddenly had a lot of nice things to say.
November 29th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
Glen, if the NRA limited itself to large meeting facilities where concealed carry was allowed then you’d see very few NRA conventions.
But don’t worry, I’m sure the GOA will choose only ideologically-pure cities and buildings for their convention. They do have a convention, right?
November 29th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
There is something deeply ironic about the fact that so many people don’t know what the word “ironic” means.
Or, you know, maybe not.
November 29th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
First let me be clear I am a lifetime NRA meber and not a member of the GOA. My point is I think the NRA has a valuable bargaing chip as you have pointed out. If very few cities allow carry with these size venues then the NRA should use the power of the purse to help expand carry laws in places like Nashville. For the city of Nashville to welcome them with open arms and the NRA is glad to come is ironic bullshit when they were bashing each other last year over public parks.