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I was in Austin yesterday.

Everyone I talked to was very passionate, one of the speakers even made a remark about how polite we are to each other. Tru dat!

I made it a point to talk to a few of the LEO's, they couldn't have been nicer, I even went inside the Capital using the "CHL" lane, and I just wonder why we can't do something like that at major airport instead of the cluster we're doing now. Took a few pictures, had lunch at the Texas Chili Parlor, whose menu hasn't changed in at least 30 years!

But I'm concerned. Ok, granted, there wasn't a lot of notice, and maybe there wasn't an awful lot of publicity. It's a little difficult to estimate crowd size, a few of the amateur guessers put it at maybe in the neighborhood of 1000-1500. If I were a betting man, I'd say the over/under line would be in that range. Taking that at face value, it would put our turnout at roughly 1/10 of the number of people who showed up for the college basketball game (UT/KU) going on only a few short blocks away. Oh, and not to bash the state college or anything but they are in the middle of a losing season, and have yet to win a conference game: yet defenders of the second amendment can only muster maybe 10% of the attendees of a crappy basketball game. Taking that math one step further, we drew .00082% of Metro Austin and .00005769% of the state of Texas. I sadly fear we're losing it, and it's only a matter of time.

tbrown wrote:

Bennies wrote: Media will be there it has been confirmed. Good news is there is designated media spokesperson.

Alex Jones.


I keed. I keed.

I was hoping for Colin Noir, or whatever his real name was but hey. We need a good turnout!

Bennies wrote: Media will be there it has been confirmed. Good news is there is designated media spokesperson.

Who might that person be?

Bennies wrote: So we need to make sure we cross our T's and dot our I's on Saturday. We can not rely on the media for non biased coverage. They will be looking for any excuse to nail gun owners.

If there are media types there, you can feel free to assume they are not on our side. I'd like to make two points,

1- The media could take video of Mother Theresa and splice it in such a way to make her look like an idiot. And if someone from the media puts a microphone and/or camera in front of you, resist the temptation and ...

2- direct any questions to someone in a leadership position (not sure specifically who that is yet but...) who ought to be expecting the 'gotcha' questioning and have a responsible counter.

Bottom line, is that we are responsible, law-abiding, tax paying citizens peacefully gathering to ensure our Constitutional rights. I'll be there.

My dos pesos.

I'll be there.

Any idea at all what sort of attendance there is going to be?

A-R wrote:Planning to be there. Yes, you can carry in the Capitol - just show your CHL to the person at the metal detectors, they'll scan it, then let you walk around.

Are you sure about that? Pretty sure you can carry outside but going through the metal detectors?? Not sure about that. Also, will there be any legislators there on a Saturday? A face-to-face meeting with your House Rep/Senate Rep is always better than an e-mail.