I just came from the NRA convention in Houston. It felt great to be aroud the top shelf of Americans for a while. Everyone had a great attitude and, unlike some shows I've been to, everyone didn't swear they were an expert on everything.
The various gun, knife, optics etc companies were very nice and would discuss their products professionally. The Leupold folks were very nice, the Gerber people showed me all of their latest stuff and the Savage people took my misgivings about the acu-trigger as a point to be discussed instead of an attack.
All in all I have to say it was a wonderful experience. It will be in Milwakee(sp?) next year, hopefully I'll be able to go.