NRA CONVENTION

The NRA held its annual convention for the first time since 2019 this weekend in Houston, just 300 miles away from Uvalde, the site of the school shooting. Gun control advocates and NRA members confronted each other this weekend in the city as emotions ran high. Robert Costa reports from Houston.

Today, we talk with legal experts and take listener calls for a discussion on what limits and restrictions should go along with gun ownership, considering the right to bear arms. Plus, news updates from Uvalde and the NRA Convention in Houston.

More than 50,000 attendees are expected to visit the George R. Brown Convention Center for the annual NRA Convention happening this weekend.

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The NRA convention is scheduled for May 27-29.

Governor Greg Abbott will no longer make an in-person appearance at the NRA convention in Houston Friday due to him being scheduled to hold a news conference in Uvalde.

The 2022 NRA Convention will be held in Houston at the George R. Brown Convention Center from May 27-29.

A day before the NRA convention is set to place in Houston, Mayor Sylvester Turner and Houston Police Chief Troy Finner and Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena discussed public safety and security.

Judge Lina Hidalgo and Commissioner Adrian Garcia held a news conference Tuesday to release new data showing an increase in guns being used in homicides in Harris County.

Matt Bevin submitted a request for a recanvass Wednesday after narrowly losing to Democrat Andy Beshear in a tight gubernatorial race. The request comes after Bevin refused to concede Tuesday night, following his apparent loss by less than 6,000 votes, according to NBC. Bevin's request was submitted to Kentucky Secretary of State Alison L. Grimes, who is in charge of running the election. Bevin criticized Kentucky Secretary of State Alison L. Grimes for apparently calling the election on live TV before votes were fully counted. The recanvass will be conducted on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 9:00 a.m., according to Kentucky's secretary of state.