Then, on Valentine’s Day this year, his son, 17-year-old Joaquin, was murdered in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Like Alhayek, Oliver said he distinguished between the NRA’s leadership and NRA members and other gun rights advocates.
Local Dallas students are organizing a counter-protest one street away from the convention center where NRA members will listen to Donald Trump again pledge his loyalty to gun rights’ advocates.
Having the NRA convention here was really disappointing at first, but then we realized we could use it as a platform.”