It takes a uniquely sick man-former president, and a uniquely sick gun advocacy group to hold their convention in Houston, Texas this weekend. Fortunately for the gunners who think the answer to gun violence is to flood the zone with more guns, they will learn firsthand what the pros who specialize in “safety” versus “unsafe” think regarding “more guns.”

How many times have we heard the NRA say, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” Ever since they’ve used this absurd cliche, many have asked, “What about the “medium guy” with a gun? The guy who hasn’t committed a crime and no one thinks he’s mentally ill but he slaps his wife around, has a hot temper, and has had two beers, getting into a fight in a bar while armed. It doesn’t take long for him to become a bad guy with a gun, whereas an hour ago, he was a medium guy who thought he was a good guy.

Oh, and the most obvious. There is another way to stop a bad guy with a gun. Make sure that bad guys don’t get guns, which means much stronger regulations and far fewer on the street.

Given the “only thing stopping a bad guy with a gun…” one would think that a big conference room stuffed with “good guys with a gun,” that the Secret Service would view Trump’s talk as the safest place in the country for Trump. But, no. The Secret Service looks at the situation the way we do. They are banning guns from Trump’s talk because they know, as we do, that it is much safer to not have guns around than the good guy-bad guy thing.

From NPR:

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Leadership Forum on Friday. But audience members at the group’s annual meeting, being held this year in Houston, won’t be able to carry guns during his address.

The conference is going ahead in the shadow of Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school that killed at least 21 people — including 19 students.

According to the NRA, the Secret Service is taking control of the hall during Trump’s speech and is prohibiting attendees from having firearms, firearms accessories and knives. Ammunition, laser pointers, pepper spray, toy guns, backpacks and other items also won’t be allowed

Just an ironic thing in which the reasoning underlying the decision isn’t analyzed but it’s an undeniable truth. A country armed to the teeth is more dangerous and so is a conference room.

Trump once claimed he would rush into a mass shooting situation, like some big hero…but remember who Trump is:

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[email protected], @JasonMiciak, with Nicole Hickman