Our Charles Cooke wondered if we would see the traditional “the NRA is hypocritical because you can’t open carry at their convention” stories this year.

Those stories would suggest that critics of the National Rifle Association haven’t paid attention or updated their templates; this year, lawfully carried firearms “are permitted at the NRA convention venues including the Kentucky Exposition Center, KFC Yum! Center Arena, and Kentucky International Convention Center in accordance with Kentucky law.”

However, gun owners can’t bring their firearms to the Leadership Forum portion of the event that features addresses from presidential candidate Donald Trump, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Gov. Matt Bevin, and other lawmakers because that venue’s security is being handled by the U.S. Secret Service.

“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,” explains Secret Service spokesman Kevin Dye. “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.”

This didn’t stop a column from the local alternative weekly, LEO, from offering the usual complaint:

No chance of bringing a gun into that part of the show, even if your name’s Matt Bevin. Our political heroes will advocate for more guns in a special security section of the show that doesn’t allow guns. So if you want to pose with Donald Trump and your Glock, it’ll have to be outside.

Yeah. I’ll eat my hat if anyone with a gun is allowed within a 100 yards of our fearless Second Amendment advocates.

Sure, sure, the NRA and gun owners are such hypocrites for following the Secret Service’s rules and federal law.