DISARMING VOYAGE The right to bare arms

Posted on 04/08/2016 | About Europe

The 2016 Freedom Cruise will be a river voyage along the Danube; through Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. Guests, who are referred to as the Ring of Freedom are private donors who have gifted $1,000 or more per year to a non-profit advocacy association. The group is the US National Rifle Association (NRA).

The schedule includes policy discussions and private receptions with attendance by NRA executive VP Wayne LaPierre, Lieutenant Colonial Oliver North, a combat decorated marine, former Republican House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista; Reagan administration Attorney General Edwin Meese III; and Dr. Ben Carson, who until recently was seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. 

The NRA website urges that people “Don’t miss this opportunity to sail along iconic European waterways while attending private speaking engagements.” 

In a YouTube video, North offers a cruise of “relaxing cigar and bourbon nights.” 

The cruise is co-sponsored by Freedom Alliance, a non-profit group founded by North in 1990 to promote military service and a strong national defense. 

The Association that celebrates freedom to carry firearms will be prevented from carrying any onboard. 

Europe bans all automatic weapons, and some semi-automatic guns available in the US, and cruise lines have policies in place to prevent weapons from getting onboard. 

The Freedom Cruise is June 16 -23 on AMA Waterways.