| Above, attendees waiting for the exhibit hall to open. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Today was spent at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston for the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits.
Mitch Geriminsky and I spent about five hours checking out the exhibit hall that is purported to be 14 acres big. It seems that way. By the time we were done, we were pretty much exhausted.
| Above, Houston's mounted police outside of the convention hall. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
NRA members are admitted free. All they have to do is punch in their NRA membership number in the registration computers and a badge is immediately printed up. Badge holders were provided by Midway USA.
There were raffles in the hallway that were $20/entry for assorted firearms.
| Above, Springfield Armory's booth. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Inside the exhibit hall (that opened at 9:00) were display booths by gun manufacturers, knife dealers, accessories, outfitters for resorts and ranches along, campers and other outdoorsy items. There were two food courts at opposite ends of the hall.
| Above, yours truly at the registration area. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky. |
By the time I was done looking (I managed to go through all aisles), I was exhausted. This had to be the biggest gun show I've ever attended.
Tomorrow, we'll probably go to Galveston to look around. It is about 50 miles from Houston.


















