Comments on: Packin’ in Louisville

By: The Duck

The Duck — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:44:18 +0000

According the NRA Annul Meeting Website:

Kentucky recognizes valid concealed carry permits from all states. Permits must be carried on your person and shown to law enforcement upon request.

FIREARMS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN SOUTH HALL “A” DURING THE CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN VALUES LEADERSHIP FORUM.

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:26:58 +0000

Your right it probably would be Rommey.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:55:10 +0000

The rest of the convention should be fine though, except for that which the Secret Service is controlling.

By: gnbrotz

gnbrotz — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:53:36 +0000

You wouldn’t be able to carry there if the Secret Service establishes a “Constitutional Rights Free” Zone, which is their specialty.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:40 +0000

Last I knew, you could carry at the fairgrounds. I have. Why wouldn’t you be able to carry there?

By: JJR

JJR — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:20:00 +0000

I carried at the Texas Library Association meeting in the Dallas Convention Center last month…there were no posted 30.06 signs saying I couldn’t, so I did.

There was a 30.06 sign at the Sixth Floor Museum, though, so I had to disarm myself (put my piece in the trunk of my car) to go in. If only a sign banning Mannlicher-Carcano Rifles had been there in 1963…((then of course nothing would’ve changed…)). The Dallas Museum of Art doesn’t have a 30.06 sign, but the Sixth Floor Museum does. Go figure.

(30.06 is the part of the Texas code that prohibits carry even of CHL holders for specifically designated locations with the legally required signage — if the sign’s not legal, you can blow it off, though if someone challenges you and verbally asks you to leave, you must comply. My local UPS warehouse has a b&w drawing of a revolver with a “no” circle-slash superimposed over it; but it’s not a legal 30.06 sign so I happily carry when I’m going there to pick up parcels).

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:17:09 +0000

I’d call that quite a long shot. Even if McCain was invalidated, do you think the party would pick Ron Paul? It’ll be Romney if McCain got invalidated.

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:12:13 +0000

Not necessarily. There are two federal cases pending challenging McCain’s eligibilty for office.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:13:32 +0000

Ron Paul is still in the running.

That’s a technicality at this point.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:04:48 +0000

I think a better indication of where McCain’s heart lies on guns is his stand AGAINST the AWB back in 1994 when voting for gun control was considered the cool thing to do. Being against the AWB is certainly more than Bush ever did for us.

I see McCain’s lapses as being due to being misled. I think as long he surrounds himself with wise counselors (and judging from his judicial advisory panel, he has) we should be in very good condition re the 2nd amendment.

By: RedneckInNY

RedneckInNY — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:56 +0000

Ron Paul is still in the running.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:55:45 +0000

I thought we already established that McCain had huge stones. I’m not aware of him wearing kevlar. He simply isn’t afraid of being assassinated.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:23:25 +0000

I remember it too, but I’m always open for the possibility of redemption, especially in politics. So some degree I care less about what a politician really thinks, than who he knows he is beholden too politically. McCain knows he can’t win without the gun vote. He wants to keep that part of the Republican coalition happy, and he seems to know he needs to make amends.

By: R.J.

R.J. — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:10:15 +0000

As far asMcCain is concerned, I still remember that he made a political ad to “close the gn show loophole” that was shown in theaters.

By: Call me Ahab » Blog Archive » Bring your carry gun

Call me Ahab » Blog Archive » Bring your carry gun — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:04:05 +0000

[...] your gun in an unsecure hotel room while you go gallivanting around the convention. Secondly, like Sebastian I’m very please that McCain has called off the Secret Service and will allow said permit holders to attend his speech while armed. It shows a tremendous amount [...]

By: SayUncle » Strapped

SayUncle » Strapped — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:45 +0000

[...] You can carry at the NRA convention. [...]

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:33:21 +0000

Well, I’ve gotten emails from the NRA claiming my RIGHTS WERE UNDER ATTACK!!!! so….

;)

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:58 +0000

In case that’s not clear enough, is it like saying

You can Conceal Carry in Florida
The Courthouses are in Florida
Therefore you can carry in Courthouses

Which is false, but doesn’t negate the fact I can conceal in Florida.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:04 +0000

Now, is that a fact or speculation?

I’m wondering if the reporter is making this assumption

NRA Convention Center - You can carry
McCain will be there at some point
Therefore you can carry while McCain is there.