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I attended the one in Dallas in, I believe, 1996. "Concealed Carry" was
a new law, only in effect for a few months. I did run across a few people
who already had their licenses, though.

Just about any and every company associated with firearms has a booth.
They give away a lot of little goodies, (keychains, target stickers, etc),
and it is a lot of fun. A lot of nationally known firearms writers for the gun mags were there. I seem to remember Grits Gresham, in particular.

A whole lot of it is just a big networking session for the firearms companies and their customers and employees. I requested and received tickets to the concert they staged one night. Toby Keith opened for Mark
Chesnutt. Not a bad bill. And the tickets were free.

The only downer was that the Dallas Convention Center had the
"NO FIREARMS" signs posted about every five feet. Like I said, CCL
was new in Texas, many people were not sure about the laws, maybe even the city of Dallas. Or maybe the "powers-that-be" in Dallas decided to take advantage of peoples' ignorance and "post" the place just because they could. Who knows?

Anyway, we had a heck of a good time, and I would encourage everyone
who can, to GO!

Walter
ps. Be sure and take your NRA membership card and sign in, so that you
get all the benefits NRA members are entitled to.