More than 60,000 NRA members expected in Louisville, with the option of being armed

[Subnuts]

Kind of hard to build a support base when you have to perform a full pyschological background check on everyone attending your rally to ensure they won't assassinate you, isn't it?

I wonder if McCain will attend a convention hosted by the American Lion Tamers Association next, or perhaps an impromptu appearance at the annual meeting of the Society for Blowing Up Stuff.

[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Kind of hard to build a support base when you have to perform a full pyschological background check on everyone attending your rally to ensure they won't assassinate you, isn't it?

I wonder if McCain will attend a convention hosted by the American Lion Tamers Association next, or perhaps an impromptu appearance at the annual meeting of the Society for Blowing Up Stuff.

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Maybe he will get Evil Kenevil Jrs endorsement.

[Yahoshua]

The solution is simple: you move the front-line of the crowd back about 25 meters or so. The distance alone creates a substantial barrier for anyone stupid enough to attempt an assassination with a sidearm, add uniformed troopers, overwatch sentries, the fact that the candidate will be wearing body armor, and it all adds up to a waste of time to even think about an assassination attempt.

[XabbaRus]

Yes but what does it say about your society that a speaker has to take those precautions so as not to get hit.

Is it that bad if guns were banned at the meeting?

[Yahoshua]

Would it make any difference if the candidate were shot by a legal gun or a stolen one?

Assassination attempts are a means of influencing the balance of power and politics and always will be. Just because one rally is geared toward NRA members doesn't make it any less dangerous than a rally geared toward union workers or party supporters in a particular city.

Besides, the ban itself has absolutely no deterrence on anyone who is determined to assassinate a target. They'll find a way to do it whether it involves a stabbing, shooting, bombing, or poisoning to get it done.

[August]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Yes but what does it say about your society that a speaker has to take those precautions so as not to get hit.

Yeah like there's no need for security measures where you're from right?

[Jacky Fisher]

If some right-wing nut takes a shot at McCain, I'll know what to blame.

[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by August

Yeah like there's no need for security measures where you're from right?

Where did bush get a grenade thrown at him?

[August]

Originally Posted by NEON DEON

Where did bush get a grenade thrown at him?

Not at an NRA convention...

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

The solution is simple: you move the front-line of the crowd back about 25 meters or so. The distance alone creates a substantial barrier for anyone stupid enough to attempt an assassination with a sidearm, add uniformed troopers, overwatch sentries, the fact that the candidate will be wearing body armor, and it all adds up to a waste of time to even think about an assassination attempt.

Think of the visuals.
25m between candidate and crowd, all that says is they're worried of attack but don't want to annoy the NRA.

[Yahoshua]

It wouldn't necessarily become political pandering unless this became a standard security protocol for ALL rallies and speeches where the NRA would make a strong showmanship and lots of fanfare. Otherwise then yes, you'd be right and it'd be another means of trying to put a good face on political back-scratching without actually doing anything. Not that it'd be anything new, but whatever.