Secret Service Destroys Lie Pushed By Media, Parkland Activists About NRA Gun Ban
On Monday, the United States Secret Service (USSS) dismantled a lie pushed by the media which was started by far-left Parkland activists who claimed that the NRA banned guns at their upcoming convention this weekend in Dallas.
The false claim started when gun control activist Cameron Kasky, who has a history of making wildly inaccurate claims, tweeted a screenshot from an article that noted that firearms would not be allowed at the convention due to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attending the event. Kasky tweeted: "The NRA has evolved into such a hilarious parody of itself."
However, the quote in the tweet explicitly stated that the Secret Service would be responsible for the event's security, not the NRA.
In a statement to The Daily Wire, the Secret Service explained:
Title 18 United States Code Sections 3056 and 1752, provides the Secret Service authority to preclude firearms from entering sites visited by our protectees, including those located in open-carry states. Only authorized law enforcement personnel working in conjunction with the Secret Service for a particular event may carry a firearm inside of the protected site.
The Secret Service works closely with our local law enforcement partners in each state to ensure a safe environment for our protectees and the public. Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event.
The NRA also provided a statement to The Daily Wire explaining that the rules governing the event are set by the Secret Service, not the NRA:
When the Vice President or President is on site that venue is no longer under NRA jurisdiction, it is under the control of the United States Secret Service. ...After the President and Vice President have left the venue NRA rules apply and people will be permitted to carry in accordance with local laws. To be clear the USSS rules are in effect until the President and Vice President leave the venue. This only applies to the exact venue where they will speak and inside that security perimeter. Other NRAAM events taking place in other areas at the same time are not subject to the USSS policy.
Despite these facts, left-wing activists pushed the falsehood that the NRA are hypocrites because they supposedly banned guns at the event.
Wait wait wait wait wait wait you’re telling me to make the VP safe there aren’t any weapons around but when it comes to children they want guns everywhere? Can someone explain this to me? Because it sounds like the NRA wants to protect people who help them sell guns, not kids.
They are really putting the VP at risk if they think a “no gun” zone is gonna work...
On so many levels, this is enlightening. According to the NRA, we should want everyone to have weapons when we are in public. But when they put on a convention, the weapons are a concern? I thought giving everyone a gun was to enhance safety. Am I missing something? twitter.com/cameron_kasky/…
The media and other left-leaning personalities and activists also picked up on this false claim and spread it, seizing upon the opportunity to attack the NRA using false information.
NRA faces backlash for banning guns at NRA convention hill.cm/PbMQ6KA pic.twitter.com/wZ3BfnO4p9
In other words, @NRA leaders like @DLoesch could speak before or after Secret Service arrive and allow the audience to be armed during their speeches, but they’re hiding behind Pence’s appearance to make sure they’re also speaking in a gunfree zone. #NRAAM2018 twitter.com/allisonfox4new…
Parkland survivors mock NRA for banning guns during Pence speech at convention. slate.me/2radHkt pic.twitter.com/MKggydwLyS
Parkland students criticize NRA for banning guns at upcoming Pence event politi.co/2JHxEGe pic.twitter.com/t4qlbtv1gW
Parkland survivors call out NRA over gun ban at Dallas event with Pence cbsn.ws/2JA4loT pic.twitter.com/G0JL5E2RRz
.@NRA won't allow members to carry guns during the Trump and Pence speeches. In other words: the event is a giant gun free zone -- the very kind of zones @NRA wants to eliminate b/c they lie and say that they are targets for shooters.
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Parkland students criticise NRA for gun ban at Pence event bbc.in/2FsYlMh
Parkland survivors criticized the NRA after it banned guns from Vice President Mike Pence’s upcoming speech at the organization’s annual convention politi.co/2JDVDG0 pic.twitter.com/xOU7wmEYqB
THE NRA DOES NOT ALLOW GUNS AT THEIR OWN CONVENTIONS BECAUSE GUNS ARE DANGEROUS. twitter.com/shannonrwatts/…
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