Despite pleas from politicians like Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke to cancel the conference, scheduled for May 27 through May 29, it appears to be proceeding as scheduled
Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The National Rifle Association has announced that it will not be canceling its conference in Houston this weekend despite Tuesday’s school shooting across the state in Uvalde, which left 19 children and two adults dead. “Our deepest sympathies are with the families and victims involved in this horrific and evil crime,” the NRA said in a statement posted to Twitter.
Abbott isn’t the only scheduled guest to back out of the event. “American Pie” singer Don McLean has canceled his scheduled performance at the convention. Performers Larry Gatlin and Danielle Peck have pulled out of the event as well.
While armed first responders were on the scene during Tuesday’s shooting, eyewitnesses say they appeared “unprepared.” As reported by the Associated Press, parents and onlookers outside the school urged police to go in the building, but officers reportedly remained outside for at least 40 minutes. Steve McCraw, the Department of Public Safety director in the school’s district, told press that officers “did engage immediately” and “did contain [the gunman] in the classroom.
One place the NRA will enforce gun control? Its own conference. This year’s attendees will not be allowed to bring guns, ammunition, toy guns, or weapons of any kind into the forum’s general assembly hall, a security measure put in place by the U.S. Secret Service to protect former President Donald Trump. It issued a similar ban in 2018 when then-Vice-President Mike Pence was scheduled to give a speech.
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