STL second choice for NRA convention

Taken from an article in the local fish wrap:

Even more so, when you consider that St. Louis was sort of a last-minute fill-in after the original host city, Columbus, Ohio, ticked off the organization's leadership by passing an assault weapons ban. The NRA decided to take its guns and go home, or rather, to St. Louis.

Link to story:

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/A262AA57EED89634862572AF001AC08B?OpenDocument