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http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/04/16/nra.convention.ap/index.html
I can't tell exactly what the motive behind this article especially for being front page on their website, seems a little odd. Seems like it isn't written by a gun owner but it's ahrd to tell, reading through it I kept waiting for the "guns are wicked evil things and those aren't bullets they're concentrated evil being propelled by demons" but it never really came. What do you guys think?
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Gun enthusiasts target NRA convention
Friday, April 16, 2004 Posted: 10:32 PM EDT (0232 GMT)
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Before she met her husband, Linda Davis had never even fired a gun.
Eventually, though, Gary Davis told her she would have to join the National Rifle Association if they were to get married.
Five years later, Linda Davis has gotten bullets from her husband for Valentine's Day, and the couple even schedules one of their yearly vacations around the NRA convention.
This weekend, they are among thousands of target shooters, hunters, collectors and Second Amendment activists gathered for the group's 133rd annual convention here.
The NRA expected up to 60,000 people at the weekend-long convention, dubbed "Freedom's Steel," featuring seminars on whether to hunt in Africa, legislative agendas, methods of carrying a concealed weapon and a game-call challenge.
Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Saturday's banquet and rocker Ted Nugent was scheduled for a session Sunday on "God, Guns & Rock 'n' Roll."
The Davises attend the convention to keep abreast of developments in the shooting sports and for the camaraderie it offers, said Gary Davis, a shooting instructor and retired municipal bus driver from Kansas City, Missouri.
In 2000, Davis was recognized as the NRA's volunteer of the year, he said, pointing out he was the first black to win the award.
"I helped President Bush get elected," he said, sporting a denim shirt with the words "I oppose gun control" embroidered on the right chest.
The convention also featured the debut of NRANews.com, an Internet talk show offering information on candidates and gun rights. The NRA, looking for the same legal recognition as mainstream news organizations, is taking the step to operate free of political spending limits -- hoping to use unlimited donations known as soft money to focus on gun issues and candidates' positions.
Most of the action Friday was in the main exhibit hall, where hundreds of exhibitors displayed thousands of handguns, rifles and accessories.
Porter Stein and his son Tanner, of Athens, Ohio, stopped by the Beamhit booth, where 10-year-old Tanner used a handgun outfitted with the company's laser training system to plink milk bottles.
"It's a great show. When it's this close to home, you can't help but come," Porter Stein said.
I can't tell exactly what the motive behind this article especially for being front page on their website, seems a little odd. Seems like it isn't written by a gun owner but it's ahrd to tell, reading through it I kept waiting for the "guns are wicked evil things and those aren't bullets they're concentrated evil being propelled by demons" but it never really came. What do you guys think?
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Gun enthusiasts target NRA convention
Friday, April 16, 2004 Posted: 10:32 PM EDT (0232 GMT)
RELATED
• National Rifle Association
• NRANews.com
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS
George W. Bush
Ted Nugent
Dick Cheney
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Before she met her husband, Linda Davis had never even fired a gun.
Eventually, though, Gary Davis told her she would have to join the National Rifle Association if they were to get married.
Five years later, Linda Davis has gotten bullets from her husband for Valentine's Day, and the couple even schedules one of their yearly vacations around the NRA convention.
This weekend, they are among thousands of target shooters, hunters, collectors and Second Amendment activists gathered for the group's 133rd annual convention here.
The NRA expected up to 60,000 people at the weekend-long convention, dubbed "Freedom's Steel," featuring seminars on whether to hunt in Africa, legislative agendas, methods of carrying a concealed weapon and a game-call challenge.
Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at Saturday's banquet and rocker Ted Nugent was scheduled for a session Sunday on "God, Guns & Rock 'n' Roll."
The Davises attend the convention to keep abreast of developments in the shooting sports and for the camaraderie it offers, said Gary Davis, a shooting instructor and retired municipal bus driver from Kansas City, Missouri.
In 2000, Davis was recognized as the NRA's volunteer of the year, he said, pointing out he was the first black to win the award.
"I helped President Bush get elected," he said, sporting a denim shirt with the words "I oppose gun control" embroidered on the right chest.
The convention also featured the debut of NRANews.com, an Internet talk show offering information on candidates and gun rights. The NRA, looking for the same legal recognition as mainstream news organizations, is taking the step to operate free of political spending limits -- hoping to use unlimited donations known as soft money to focus on gun issues and candidates' positions.
Most of the action Friday was in the main exhibit hall, where hundreds of exhibitors displayed thousands of handguns, rifles and accessories.
Porter Stein and his son Tanner, of Athens, Ohio, stopped by the Beamhit booth, where 10-year-old Tanner used a handgun outfitted with the company's laser training system to plink milk bottles.
"It's a great show. When it's this close to home, you can't help but come," Porter Stein said.