That was published weeks before the decision was made to cancel.NRA ad in the magazine tha came today
I hate replying to myself but it's warranted in this case. The panel is officially cancelled. I think I was looking forward to basically 4 things during the NRAAM -I wonder if The Gun Collective panel discussion at Collector's Firearms is cancelled.
Beautiful. Well worth the price of the Golden Eagle credentials.
- stalking Wayne LaPierre so that I could use my Golden Eagle credentials to force him to stop and shake my hand. That's one of the perks of that membership level. I had intended to thank him for all his prior work in support of the 2A and thank him in advance for taking the next big, positive, important step for the NRA in supporting the 2A. I intended to clearly inform him that the next big, positive, important step to which I referred would be his immediate resignation.
Yeah, my son and I attended the 2005 convention in Houston. I was looking forward to him going with me this time.The last time my father and went out for day just him and me was the NRA convention in Houston A handful of years back was looking forward going this year with my Son too bad
I agree. When I was a Rep in the business, I always felt this was the most important of the 3 major shows; most of the manufacturers did not.Well anyways I look forward to attending this one.
I wholeheartedly agree. Berry's Bullets got a lot of on-going business because of having a booth at the NRA convention and making NRA attendees fee privileged (letting us order bullets when they were otherwise unavailable). The Duck Dynasty folks got a lot of business. Sig had a big booth and impressed a lot of people. Some companies didn't show up and, quite honestly it affected my opinion of them. (If you can't afford to meet 100,000 potential customers, you might be on your way to bankruptcy.)...
I often felt that the end users opinions were often missed by the Manufactures. Just because no orders were written, is not a reason to not gather pearls of wisdom for what the customers want next year.
I agree. When I was a Rep in the business, I always felt this was the most important of the 3 major shows; most of the manufacturers did not.
The first of the shows is the NASGW. This show is for Distributors only. Here the Manufacturers roll out the new products and programs for the year.
Next comes the SHOT show. Manufacturers and Distributors sell themselves and the products to the Dealers (your local FFLs).
Lastly comes the NRA show. The Manufacturers seem to begrudgingly set up their often extravagant booths/displays for one last time for the year. Manufacturers' Reps are "required' to attend. The fact that no orders are actually written and no sales made, added to the fatigue of the trade show season, seemed to lower moral, and often an appearance of disregard to the attendees of the NRA show, which include actual end users and some FFLs.
I often felt that the end users opinions were often missed by the Manufactures. Just because no orders were written, is not a reason to not gather pearls of wisdom for what the customers want next year.