Massive Protests Happening Outside the NRA Convention Because People Are F***ing Done

Following this week’s incredible tragedy where 19 young children and two teachers were murdered in their Texas elementary school classroom, the NRA decided to continue on as if nothing happened and hold their annual convention in Houston this weekend.

A number of headliners and other guests have pulled out, although it’s hard to give them much in the way of congratulations for that decision, given that up until now they were totally fine being associated with the group making sure politicians’ pockets are well-lined enough to never stand up for necessary gun safety laws—the group that makes tragedy’s like this week’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas not just possible but predictable.

Musicians Don McLean, Lee Greenwood, and a few others have canceled their scheduled performances. Texas’s Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will not be attending. Governor Gregg Abbot is giving remarks virtually rather than in person. (How very brave.) Ted “One Door” Cruz will still be there, as will South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

Donald Trump will also be speaking, although, in a laughable display of hypocrisy, guns will not be allowed in during his speech.

There is also a massive protest happening outside of the convention center, as people are making it clear they’re not going to let the NRA and their well-funded political surrogates continue with business as usual.

I really, really hope that assertion that “this time is gonna be different” is accurate. We’ve been through this so many times before, it’s hard to imagine anything changing. But maybe it’s even harder to imagine nothing changing.

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Vivian Kane (she/her) is the Senior News Editor at The Mary Sue, where she's been writing about politics and entertainment (and all the ways in which the two overlap) since the dark days of late 2016. Born in San Francisco and radicalized in Los Angeles, she now lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where she gets to put her MFA to use covering the local theatre scene. She is the co-owner of The Pitch, Kansas City’s alt news and culture magazine, alongside her husband, Brock Wilbur, with whom she also shares many cats.

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