The National Rifle Association\u2019s annual meeting is underway in Houston as I write this.\u00a0 The national media is still claiming that 90% of Americans wanted the flawed Universal Background Check to pass last month. \u00a0Let\u2019s talk about voting with your feet. 70,000 NRA members are expected to be in attendance before the three-day event is done, and according to reports, only about six anti-gun people showed up to protest.\u00a0 I\u2019m told that they stood on a sidewalk, reading aloud the names of murder victims.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure what they thought that had to do with 70,000 Americans who arm themselves against the sort of criminals who commit murder, and fight for the right of other law-abiding citizens to also be able to defend themselves against murderers.\u00a0 I doubt that the six protesters could have explained it coherently, themselves.<\/p>\n
The mainstream media claims a majority of NRA members were in favor of the background checks.\u00a0 Make that suggestion at the conference center in Houston this weekend, and you\u2019ll hope you brought some hearing protection: the collective mocking laughter of that many people can get awfully loud.<\/p>\n