Back from NRA Annual Meeting

[Hobie]

Will have more to post later. Anyone else go?

[JerryB]

Hobie, my grandson lives in Raleigh, NC, he called yesterday from there. His wifes uncle was there from his company so they drove to Charlotte to see them, he said the whole thing was overwhelmming to him and lots of guns.

[Steelbanger]

Just wondering whether you were ever contacted by the NRA since you surely received many votes for the Board of Directors.

[Hobie]

Just wondering whether you were ever contacted by the NRA since you surely received many votes for the Board of Directors.

I know that NO write-in candidate received more than 250 votes. None. I will write more about this later. Thanks for asking though, it IS an interesting subject.

[Doc Hudson]

Personally I think we ought to get started on a campaign for next year. maybe if we pester and politic enough we might even get Hobie and James on the official slate of nominees.

What do y'all think?

[Ysabel Kid]

Y2K and I were there all day Friday, but never made it back. Sorry we missed you Hobie! It was indeed overwhelming. It took us 8 hours to walk the entire floor. Granted, we stopped for lunch, for the airgun range and a trip to the NRA store, for several needed breaks for my back, and I had to return a few work-related calls during the day, but it was simply massive. Y2K just marveled at it all, and it was great to spend the day with him enjoying "our thing"!

Y2K did get a ribbon at the air gun range (all 5 in the black, first time out!), so we enjoyed wearing our badges with ribbons (mine a Benefactor Life) proudly on the floor.

We collected a ton of "freebies" (literature, pins, stickers, posters, hats, etc.) - glad I brought a cart - and I purchased a few things (optics, etc) - no guns though (none being sold at the show). The thing that stuck out the most in my mind was Rossi introducing their own version of the "Mare's Leg" at half the price of the Chiappa. Now, if only it didn't have that hideous safety on top, was CCH, and had the "tear-drop" lever - it would be perfect!

Also spent a lot of time at a booth selling suppressors. I have decided that sometime sooner rather than later I am going to have to make that jump!

[Hobie]

I finally posted my recap of my experience on my blog.

[Don McDowell]

Hobie, read the report. Sounds like a well spent couple of days...
Tried to leave a comment, but me and the google address thing couldn't come to terms on my password. Aww well all is well now.

[Hobie]

It was a great time Don. One can read more and see better photos at the NRA blog.

[Don McDowell]

Oh I thought your photos and story were fine. Much rather read something like that than a pr tuned presentation by some faceless, nameless unknown to me person.....
Went to the Lincoln day dinner Friday . Liz Cheney was the guest speaker and what a terrific mind that woman has.... The whole crowd was really wound up , afterwards Carol and I spoke with her briefly, and she really has alot of her dads personality.

[Hobie]

I Like Liz Cheney although I've never met her. She's a Wyoming gal, right?

[Don McDowell]

Yah know I don't know if she's ever spent that much time in Wyo. Dick was Fords Chief of staff, then he got elected to congress, then the sec defense gig, and all that happened when the girls were pretty little. So they may have been born here, and have/had grandparents here, but that's probably about the most connection other than visits and vacations.

[Hobie]

I posted about the political aspects in another topic in the appropriate forum.