Anti-Gun Activist Bette Midler Tells Fellow Gun-Grabbers to ‘Come Armed’ to NRA Convention Protest – Opinion

Actress Bette Midler on Wednesday fired up her Twitter machine and encouraged her fellow gun-grabbers to not only show up to protest at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, this weekend — but also to “come armed.” No, really.

In response to a tweet from some random person that “PEOPLE SHOULD SHOW UP AND PROTEST AT THIS CONFERENCE” — yes, the original tweet was in all caps — Midler tweeted:

THIS WEEKEND AT THE GEORGER R BROWN CONVENTION CENTER, HOUSTON TEXAS. Arme yourself.

Doubtless, they are unaware of the ironic hypocrisy.

THIS WEEKEND AT THE GEORGER R BROWN CONVENTION CENTER, HOUSTON TEXAS. Don’t be afraid to arm yourself. https://t.co/QNUJkLGEqh

— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) May 25, 2022

The NRA stated that convention was not an option. attendees will be allowed to carry guns, as reported by The Blaze, they will not be allowed to carry inside the General Assembly Hall for Friday’s Leadership Forum, when President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak – and that’s due to Secret Service regulations that have nothing to do with which group Trump is scheduled to address.

So, here’s the question. Was Bette Midler serious considering her wild, wacky-minded mind? Was this an attempt to make a terrible joke? If the latter, it would be almost worse than the former — and just as stupid. Not to mention, Midler was no doubt one of the first left-wingers to declare that Trump incited the January 6 Capitol Building “insurrection.”

Below are two examples from the many Twitter responses that were polar-opposite.

The first is as warped and twisted to hell.

It makes sense. It makes sense.

— Mark L 🇨🇦 (@iamcoup) May 25, 2022

One person who stated that Midler should be held personally responsible in the event of an armed protester setting fire to outside the convention was also present:

I’d like to see the police take you into custody if someone shows up at the convention and begins shooting at attendees.

— the sun will shine on us again (@sanfilti) May 25, 2022

In addition to this nonsense, as reported by Bloomberg News, a hospice chaplain who has served in two pediatric trauma hospitals is organizing an interfaith demonstration on Friday in downtown Houston to protest the NRA presence. According to Bloomberg, “dozens of followers from several different faiths — Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist — have been invited to pray outside the convention center before leading a silent march through the building during the convention.”

“Christianity has helped lead us to this place and that is a tragedy,” said one of the organizers. “We should be leading away from the violence and individualism associated with guns.”

As well-meaning as one assumes the hospice chaplain and other organizers are, they never seem to grasp the simple concept that the only thing that stops a bad guy — a horrific madman as it were — with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Moreover, that “good guy with a gun” is often a law-abiding armed citizen, without whose presence and courage, more unarmedIt is possible that innocent people will lose their lives.

As to Better Midler, she’s is irrelevant. Apart from highlighting the stupidity of the gun-grabber group.

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