We’ll admit that, while it dwarfed the size of your average Sandra Fluke rally, the size of the “crowd” gathered outside the the NRA’s annual meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, is not a scientific indicator of the public’s support for gun control legislation. Still, that figure of 90 percent public support that gun control advocates keep throwing around does seem awfully high, especially when you consider the equally anemic turnout for the tiny Stop the NRA march in Washington, D.C., last month.
I guess the protesters sleep a little later than the NRA crowd. #NRA #NRAAM twitter.com/CrankyBuddha33…
— Shannon T. Baker (@CrankyBuddha33) May 4, 2013
All right, it is early yet. Let’s give them another four hours to get things rolling.
Not a very big turn from the anti gun protesters at the NRA show, LOL twitter.com/HoustonArmory/…
— Cris Parsons (@HoustonArmory) May 4, 2013
For a moment, at least two of the “protesters” were gun enthusiasts crashing the party.
LOL @rtkirkulous and I as protesters. #nra #nraam #nrashow #protest #antigun #igmilitia #igmilitiatx… instagram.com/p/Y5yhY_r4mL/
— Mike Centola (@mikecentola) May 4, 2013
NRA board member @toddrathner debating anti-gun protesters across from the NRA’s annual meeting. #nraam twitter.com/gregorykorte/s…
— Gregory Korte (@gregorykorte) May 4, 2013
Some photos from one of the protestors give an idea of the signs on display, as well as confirmation of the relative intimacy of the gathering.
My new friend Jackie at the Protest at the @nra‘s #AssClown fest / #guncontrol #gunsense #MomsDemand #libcrib #ctl twitter.com/jeffreynola/st…
— GEOFFREY(@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
Protesting @nra in Houston / @momsdemand Action #Congress! #Gunsense = Common Sense / #guncontrol #uniteblue #ctl twitter.com/jeffreynola/st…
— GEOFFREY(@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
@momsdemand #gunsense @nra! Downtown Houston Protest / My 1st Protest! #guncontrol #NoWayNRA! uniteblue #unitebluetx twitter.com/jeffreynola/st…
— GEOFFREY(@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
Well, just left the Protest across st from @nra Conv / My 1st Protest! / @momsdemand was there, didnt see @occupynra / #uniteblue #gunsense
— GEOFFREY(@jeffreynola) May 4, 2013
Just to keep things in perspective, Touré would like to clarify just how tiny the NRA’s membership is.
The NRA’s membership is about three million. Not five million as they’d had you believe. WaPo analysis: m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-che…
— Touré (@Toure) May 4, 2013
@toure So ×50 your viewers?
— Hugo Hackenbush(@MangyLover) May 5, 2013
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/04/anti-gun-protests-outside-nra-meeting-show-smallest-90-percent-yet/
