Security is tight at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center [[Nope not touching that one]] outside of Washington, DC. CPAC attendees must go through metal detectors and have their bags searched by guards.
With many of the Republican presidential candidates set to attend the five-day conference ‒ with their Secret Service entourages in tow ‒ the heightened security measures are necessary, CPACs communications director Ian Walters told the Daily Beast.
So the only good guys with guns are the cops and federal agents.
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The policy has pretty much been no firearms, a police officer named Muldoon told the Beast. Some people got up in arms about that.
Its not exactly a popular policy with attendees not named LaPierre.
I dont like it, said Robert Owens, one of the conference-goers. I just think that the Second Amendment would allow somebody to carry a firearm wherever they choose to carry a firearm. There shouldnt be a limit to it.
While the NRA has long raged against gun-free zones, CPAC is far from the first time the gun-rights organization has attended a conference in such a location. In fact, the NRA often hosts its annual convention in locations that ban firearms, including some events for its 2010, 2014 and 2015 meetings, Nashville Public Radio reported last April.
The Tennessee capital hosted the 2015 NRA convention, where the major concerts were held at the Bridgestone Arena.
"Bridgestone Arena prohibits the possession of firearms," the NRA posted in a disclaimer its website. "When carrying your firearm, remember to follow all federal, state and local laws."
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RT today I know. The NRA doesn't believe the bullshit they say.