NRA Attendees Broke NC Concealed Carry Laws?
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:14 pm
Summary, as I understand it:
Simultaneously with the NRA Convention in Charlotte, the group "Grass Roots North Carolina" held a "Gala for Guns" event at (one of?) the Marriott Hotel in Charlotte (and I assume a lot of these people also attended the NRA meeting itself). The GRNC people checked out the hotel months earlier to make sure it was not posted againsts concealed carry. (NC law apparently allows pretty much any kind of sign, unlike Texas). They also checked the hotel the day prior to the event to make sure it was not posted. The night of the event, the GRNC attendees showed up (and again, the hotel was not posted) and went into the ballroom for the Gala.
During the Gala while the attendees were still in the ballroom, the hotel posted all the entrances with computer-generated no-firearms notices, thus, by some interpretations, subjecting anyone who was carrying to a Class 2 Misdemeanor. I don't know what the NC law says about "intent" and all that, but in any case it was a dirty trick.
After being called on it, Marriott has apparently responded with conflicing and false information.
GRNC has been organizing an email and boycott campaign against Marriott over this, and at least some from some reports this may be having a positive effect.
For your reading pleasure:
http://www.examiner.com/x-2698-Charlott ... nationwide" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.grnc.org/alerts/alert_5_20_10.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://xrlq.com/2010/05/21/marriott-to- ... -us-first/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://xrlq.com/2010/05/24/grnc-gets-re ... nd-beyond/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Simultaneously with the NRA Convention in Charlotte, the group "Grass Roots North Carolina" held a "Gala for Guns" event at (one of?) the Marriott Hotel in Charlotte (and I assume a lot of these people also attended the NRA meeting itself). The GRNC people checked out the hotel months earlier to make sure it was not posted againsts concealed carry. (NC law apparently allows pretty much any kind of sign, unlike Texas). They also checked the hotel the day prior to the event to make sure it was not posted. The night of the event, the GRNC attendees showed up (and again, the hotel was not posted) and went into the ballroom for the Gala.
During the Gala while the attendees were still in the ballroom, the hotel posted all the entrances with computer-generated no-firearms notices, thus, by some interpretations, subjecting anyone who was carrying to a Class 2 Misdemeanor. I don't know what the NC law says about "intent" and all that, but in any case it was a dirty trick.
After being called on it, Marriott has apparently responded with conflicing and false information.
GRNC has been organizing an email and boycott campaign against Marriott over this, and at least some from some reports this may be having a positive effect.
For your reading pleasure:
http://www.examiner.com/x-2698-Charlott ... nationwide" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.grnc.org/alerts/alert_5_20_10.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://xrlq.com/2010/05/21/marriott-to- ... -us-first/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://xrlq.com/2010/05/24/grnc-gets-re ... nd-beyond/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;