Today, a few anti-gun organizations (and the Associated Press) sent out tweets claiming that the National Rifle Association (NRA) had supposedly banned firearms and ammunition from its annual meeting.
Attendees of Trump's NRA speech had to check their guns at the door: https://t.co/PA5Y9FtSjD
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) April 28, 2017
Guns don't make you safer: No guns allowed around Trump #NRAAM #NRAAM17 pic.twitter.com/QDhPaTeY3Q
— ViolencePolicyCenter (@VPCinfo) April 28, 2017
NRA Leadership wants to make it easier for people to carry concealed guns in public places… just not at the #NRAAM2017 ?? #ResistTheGunLobby pic.twitter.com/cJWO3D9sQW
— ARS (@resp_solutions) April 28, 2017
Secret Service: No guns at Trump NRA speech https://t.co/laX4bbZf0B pic.twitter.com/1or592YwmZ
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) April 28, 2017
.@NRA PS: Dana Loesch gives her speeches in gun-free zones. Just like the rest of the @NRA elite.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 28, 2017
However, one small problem: it's fake news. The NRA doesn't ban these things, the Secret Service did during President Trump's speech. People were otherwise allowed to carry weapons throughout the event.
This is a lie. I've been carrying since I got here yesterday. #NRAAM https://t.co/wclqdLK9uG
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 28, 2017
Once again: These are Secret Service rules. The NRA does not impose these rules anywhere at the convention. https://t.co/nSsedDXRzQ
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) April 28, 2017
Secret Service controls only the speech. We went through this nonsense last year with you people. #NRAAM https://t.co/IAXUsHdXmd
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) April 28, 2017