SAF in SF
The Second Amendment Foundation (the fine organization responsible for the McDonald case) is holding their Gun Rights Policy Conference this month in San Francisco. Their advertising campaign is making a splash on San Fran streets.
Side rant: I’m sure all those people who righteously boycotted the NRA convention in Charlotte because of NC law prohibiting carry at the convention center will just as righteously come down on SAF for having their shindig in one of the most anti-gun cities in the US. Right?
September 1st, 2010 at 9:14 am
Right.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:16 am
i don’t recall her boycott of charlotte for any other reason than she was doing other stuff.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:51 am
I can’t speak for anyone else.
I never called for a boycott of the NRA convention, just said that I wouldn’t be going because of the policies of the venue.
I won’t be attending the SAF event either.
September 1st, 2010 at 9:59 am
Yes. Let’s only hold a civil rights convention where they agree with us.
/rolls eyes/
September 1st, 2010 at 10:15 am
Exactly, SF is the perfect place for a gun rights conference.
September 1st, 2010 at 11:32 am
That’s why I never called for a boycott (as if me calling for a boycott would do anything but make people laugh anyway…I have no delusions about my influence over people): different people have different takes on the issue.
I simply have no desire to go where I’m not welcome, whether that’s a state, a locality or a specific venue.
You’re not going to change San Franciscans minds about gun control by meeting there…all you’re going to do is enrich them by bringing them your business. IMHO.
It would be no different than OpenCarry.org having an open carry dinner in a restaurant that posts “No Guns” signs: They’d have to leave their guns at home, most likely would have zero impact on the position of the restaurant management, and would be spending their money in support of people who are actively opposing them.
Not to mention sacrificing not only their principles, but possibly their safety as well to do so.
I just don’t see the benefit.
So, I’ll stay home.
September 1st, 2010 at 1:01 pm
If they don’t like the idea of going to San Francisco (or Charlotte), they are going to hate next year’s locale – Chicago. At least, California has some concealed carry (if you are rich, famous, or connected enough) while Illinois has none.
I, for one, applaud the SAF for taking the GRPC into the belly of the beast.
September 1st, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Yes as a matter of fact I will. Seems they are joining the NRA in the abandon the people who they are supposed to support campaign. You do not have a meeting in an unfriendly city until the ban is overturned. Then you have the meeting in sf to celebrate. That is when you rub their noses in it. Not before. The current path is kind of like putting the cart before the horse. During the nra meet I was a mere hour away at the time so I could have easily swung by. As for the sf meet you have got to be kidding. I do not step foot in california if I can help it and stay out of sf on general principle….
September 1st, 2010 at 6:31 pm
It’s not actually *in* the city and county of San Francisco. It’s at the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco Airport (but not on airport grounds).
The specific address is:
1333 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA 94010
Living <6 miles from there, I have no idea of Burlingame is a hotbed of anti-RKBA activity (probably is though.)
😉
September 1st, 2010 at 7:58 pm
“We’re Here! We’re Proud! Our Guns Sure are Loud!” Wonder what Pelosi would do if she saw that Parade of Camo and Blaze Orange moving towards Fisherman’ Wharf? Alas, I do not have the required Visa to enter the People’s Republic of California, nor would I wish to spend money in that place just so the California Commissar of Taxation can steal 50% of it from the local merchants.
September 2nd, 2010 at 12:48 am
Speaking for myself, I’m not really interested in contributing to San Francisco’s economy. And if the NRA convention is being held in Chicago next year, ditto.
But that’s just me.
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:08 am
San Francisco and Chicago are both beautiful cities, well worth visiting. I am as big a homebody as anyone but sometimes it just has to be about you. To go to an interesting new place, meet new people, learn new things, and just have fun.
September 2nd, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Sure they are interesting to visit but to live in??? Perhaps not.