So if the only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun (or a knife, or a tomato, or a cream pie) is a good guy with a gun (or a Ronco Veg-O-Matic Deluxe, or a surface-to-air cream pie-intercepting T-shirt cannon), shouldn’t NRA members be armed to the teeth when Donald Trump speaks at their convention this weekend?
You might think so, but no. Guns in random good guys’ hands may be the perfect deterrent in kindergarten classes and popular nightclubs, but not at heavily attended NRA conventions. I mean, that’s just common sense!
NPR:
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association's Annual Leadership Forum on Friday. But audience members at the group's annual meeting, being held this year in Houston, won't be able to carry guns during his address.
The conference is going ahead in the shadow of Tuesday's mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed at least 21 people — including 19 students.
According to the NRA, the Secret Service is taking control of the hall during Trump's speech and is prohibiting attendees from having firearms, firearms accessories and knives. Ammunition, laser pointers, pepper spray, toy guns, backpacks and other items also won't be allowed.
Now wait a tick! Trump claimed he would have stormed into Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, during the mass shooting there in 2018, even if he’d been unarmed! Why does he need protection from laser pointers? And why isn’t he respecting the gun rights Republicans have valiantly endeavored to shove into each and every orifice of our body politic? Shouldn’t the NRA be pushing back on the government’s arbitrary gun prohibition? Is it possible they haven’t bribed enough senators to make that happen? Or maybe—just maybe—they secretly agree that common-sense gun regulations are frequently necessary. Hmm …
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And who’s going to protect Trump if someone sneaks a slingshot onto the premises? The Secret Service? They’re effective, but not infallible. Wouldn’t it be better if all the good guys were armed? Just give them a questionnaire before they enter the conference hall. Anyone who checks the “bad guy” box on the intake form will of course be denied entry.
I’m being facetious, of course—though it is interesting to see that, when it comes down to it, the NRA seems reluctant to put its Russian money where its blood-stained mouth is.
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