NRA punishes Columbusfor protecting its citizens

We posted a Gun Guys item the other day speculating about what kind of bombshell announcement NRA President Wayne LaPierre could have planned for Columbus, Ohio.

Well, the suspense is over. The NRA has canceled its plans to hold a national convention in Columbus because the city has passed a ban on assault weapons.

The mayor says the city stands by the ban, despite the loss of a convention that would have brought estimated $15 to $20 million to the city.

Mayor Michael Coleman says, "We won't be sold. We're not for sale and they won't hold us hostage."

Near as I can tell, a lot of LaPierre's members wanted to bring assault weapons to the convention, just to give their arguments a little more weight when they're debating resolutions on the floor, or maybe later when the debate continues at the bar.

This all seems like another good reason to pass a national assault weapons ban. The NRA would have to leave the country.

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