Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Caraway Monday urged the NRA to find a new home for its annual meeting in May

[Liberal In Texas]

Caraway said that the NRA event, scheduled for May 3-6 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, is inappropriate for Dallas after the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last week. The NRA's meeting will include firearms displays and exhibits, and the group's national elected officials will participate in leadership meetings. According to the website, ammunition sales are permitted, but on-site firearm sales are not.

In a written statement, Caraway said that it's "time to put the heat on the NRA." He followed up his written comments with a news conference outside City Hall in which he decried high-powered civilian-owned weapons and gun violence in Dallas, referencing both the 1963 Kennedy assassination and the July 7, 2016, ambush on police.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-city-council/2018/02/19/dwaine-carawayurges-national-rifle-association-find-new-home-convention

Dwaine Caraway To NRA: Come to the Table or Stay Out of Dallas:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dwaine-caraway-threatens-to-kick-the-nra-out-of-dallas-10388791

I sure hope we can keep these assholes out of here. I'm going to contact my councilman and see what can be done.

[smirkymonkey]

1. Good for him. This is what we need. The NRA needs to be shunned wherever they go.

Any politician who makes them welcome should be on notice. It is time to stop normalizing the NRA. They are a terrorist organization.

[Wwcd]

3. "Shunned wherever they go". Absolutely.

Very proud of Caraway for taking this big leap forward.

Blue Blue Dallas..someday soon

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[eleny]

2. Let them go to hell for their meeting

Props to the Mayor.

[Freethinker65]

4. Move it to a Trump owned venue. Problem solved.

[keithbvadu2]

16. With open and concealed carry allowed.

Rights, you know.

[Volaris]

20. The NRA doesn't allow visitors to carry guns in their headquarters.

And that should tell you everything you need to know about what they ACTUALLY believe in. Money and Power and the guns are just the Shiny used to separate the rubes from their monies.

[awesomerwb1]

26. They don't allow visitors to carry guns in their headquarters??

Are you 100% sure?

Because that would make their headquarters a very "unsafe" location.

[Cha]

5. kick

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[struggle4progress]

7. Maybe they could find a school in Florida to host the meeting

[pangaia]

14. Don't give them any ideas..

[JDC]

9. KR

[politicaljunkie41910]

10. What about the church shooting in Texas which was in a small town further south?

The guy tried to shot up the entire congregation, killing adults and children while hunting for his in-laws. We know that women are most vulnerable when they finally decide to leave their crazy spouse, but who knew that your parents aren't even safe in a church.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. will Austin follow suit?

1966 Texas Tower Massacre

That may be the one mass shooting the NRA could exploit for the sale of guns. Ordinary citizens kept Whitman partially penned down while cops made their way to the top floor to get him. I believe deer rifles and shotguns were used by the citizens that day. Not quite the same as AR-15s.

[Hekate]

12. Good for him

[Canoe52]

13. The NRA should bring their annual meeting to here in Seattle...

We'd welcome them with open arms (no pun intended lol)!

[pangaia]

15. EMMA FOR THE WIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[democrank]

17. Forget Dallas

The NRA should hold their convention at Mar-a-Lago. Plenty of Russians, lots of cash, and Geraldo Rivera for a 3-minute commercial on arming school janitors with AR-15s.

[NightWatcher]

18. When the NRA is kicked outta Texas, that's progress!!!

[Honeycombe8]

19. Whoa. Actually, that probably saves trouble in the long run.

The cost of the security, possible violence. Still, that's a big gig to turn away.

[Liberal In Texas]

23. The city will probably be sued if and when it kicks the NRA out.

Which is making some city officials leery about doing it as it's apparently still in a lawsuit when they banned the Exxxotica convention.

We'll see what happens. Stay tuned.

[ffr]

21. The era of the NRA has come and gone. It has ceased to have a purpose.

#enough

[efhmc]

22. Go Dallas.

No one needs the support of the blood soaked NRA.

[DesertRat]

24. k&r

[Dem_4_Life]

25. Good for him!!!!

Go Dallas!!! Making me proud of my state.