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Some relevant information for you about how law-abiding LTC (License to Carry) holders are:larsgesing wrote:Many thanks for this background! In fact, the NRA has banned all foreign media from even entering the exhibit - making our job to report that much harder. As you can see from my original post, that does not stop us investing substantial resources to send a team to Dallas anyway to find 2nd amendment proponents outside the convention center to have them tell their stories.mloamiller wrote:A few things for you to consider as you research this subject:larsgesing wrote:Hello,
I am a producer for German TV in the U.S., and given the topic of this discussion, I thought I'd share a story we are working on. Given the wall-to-wall coverage of student gun reform protests recently, we are working on a story about high school students/teenagres who are arguing to defend the 2nd Amendment and who are against more regulations of gun purchases. I will be in Dallas this week for the NRA convention. Is there somebody here who could put me in touch with students who can talk about their positive feelings toward guns? We feel like this perspective falls way short in the national media coverage, and we would like to do our part to change that. So if anybody can help, I'd appreciate any leads. My email address is lgesing@ard-usa.com.
Best,
Lars
1. Statistics over the past couple of decades overwhelming demonstrate that individuals who hold a license to carry a firearm are one of the most - if not THE most - law-abiding segment of our society. This is true in Texas as well as nationwide.
2. If you read through this forum, you'll see a lot of people complaining about not being able to carry their legally-licensed pistol into the venue where the VP and POTUS are speaking - at a convention to support our 2nd Amendment rights. You've seen many people explain how nonsensical that is. What you have NOT seen is anyone advocating that we should just carry anyway - i.e. violate the law. In fact, many will likely choose not to attend, rather than violate the law. See #1.
Common sense (and recent events) will tell you that if someone intends to do harm to one of those speakers, the fact that the law says firearms are not allowed will have ZERO IMPACT on their plans. In fact, the safest place those two gentlemen could possibly be - outside a bunker - is in Texas, in a room full of LTC holders.
So putting the police numbers at an annual rate gives you a rate of 0.01%. Both 0.01% or 0.0003% are both extremely low and the violations might not be comparable in that the private individuals might run into problems that a police officer (even one off duty might not run into), but the rate for police is still 23 times higher.
For all misdemeanors and felonies by police, the rate is 703 yearly average/683,396 full-time officers = 0.102%. By contrast, for Texas in 2015, it was 108/1 million permit holders = 0.0102%. For Florida, between October 1, 1987 and March 31, 2017, 10,868 concealed handgun permits were permanently revoked for misdemeanors, felonies, certain physical infirmities, incapacitation, or involuntarily committed for mental illness. This is an annual rate of 10.3 per 100,000 people who had a permit during that period – still a mere tenth of the rate at which officers commit misdemeanors and felonies.
Neither am I. A bombing, however, seems to be high enough on the list for them to require bag searches. Especially after Austin bombings.jason812 wrote: I'm not worried about an active shooter at the convention, it should be the safest place on earth for that weekend.
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jason812 wrote:I read that and wonder if searched at the entrance, what the unarmed security guard is going to do when he finds my ar pistol in the backpack with one reduced 20 round mag and 2 standard 30 round mags? I usually carry it when in large gatherings. Part of me says my fellow citizens probably have my back, part of me says I shouldn't count on my fellow citizens to have my back.flechero wrote:I read (I think on the NRA site) that bags were allowed but subject to search. I'll have a backpack with me.Richbirdhunter wrote:That better be a clear backpackjason812 wrote:Badge ordered, now the question is to backpack or no backpack???
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from the faq: Are backpacks allowed at the Annual Meeting?
Backpacks are allowed on site at the show but have to be kept on your person at all times. Any backpacks left unattended will be reported to security.
