Progressive Activists: Why Can’t a City Just Declare the NRA Convention Is a Terrorist Meeting?

The progressive activists in Houston who plan to boycott this week’s NRA convention are having another normal day, judging from this morning’s Houston Chronicle:

[Ashton] Woods, of Black Lives Matter Houston, said that he is coordinating with the [Discovery Green] Conservancy for Friday’s protest, which the Conservancy confirmed, and does not anticipate any issues.

“We’re not there to incite anything, we’re just there to make the (NRA) uncomfortable and run them out of Houston.”

…On Thursday, a protest led by the John Cornyn Houston Office Protest group is planned for 3:30 at City Hall to demand that Mayor Sylvester Turner cancel the NRA Convention.

“If the city can determine that protests are illegal gatherings and disperse them, then why can’t it declare an NRA convention with Trump and Cruz a center of insurrection and domestic terrorism?” said Neil Aquino, an organizer of the protest.

“I don’t understand how domestic terrorist and insurrectionists preaching replacement theory get use of the convention center in the most diverse city in America,” Aquino said.

As laid out in today’s Morning Jolt, big city mayors rarely cancel an event that brings in tens of millions of dollars at the last minute, just to placate progressive activists.

However, this morning mayor Turner did urge the NRA to postpone the convention: “What I would say to the NRA, even though the city cannot cancel a contract because we don’t agree with their position on guns, the NRA can postpone it a week or two to allow the families to bury their children.”

The NRA stated the convention will be held as planned. “Although an investigation is underway and facts are still emerging, we recognize this was the act of a lone, deranged criminal. As we gather in Houston, we will reflect on these events, pray for the victims, recognize our patriotic members, and pledge to redouble our commitment to making our schools secure.”