#CPAC2016 is under way, and one rule at the convention featuring many staunch supporters of 2nd Amendment rights has some thinking they’ve spotted hypocrisy:

America's pre-eminent conservative convention is a gun-free zonehttps://t.co/1RFlTuGtkP — Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) March 4, 2016



https://twitter.com/naughtygaygent/status/705769675343396865

No weapons allowed at #CPAC2016 where Wayne LaPierre spoke about dangerous “gun-free zones” #StopGunViolence pic.twitter.com/eu3x1syMBU — CSGV (@CSGV) March 3, 2016

The Party of gun rights… doesn't want them at their little get together #CPAC2016 https://t.co/oQIZkOfHcp — DJ B Radd (@DJ_B_Radd) March 3, 2016

More NRA and Republican hypocrisy https://t.co/DKphBKViFG — Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) March 3, 2016

Wayne LaPierre ranted about dangerousness of “gun-free zones” speaking from a gun free zone. #CPAC2016 pic.twitter.com/7JtEXTfsnt — PoliticalGroove (@PoliticalGroove) March 3, 2016

Cracking me up #CPAC2016 is a gun free zone. pic.twitter.com/FoZxv9JSm9 — Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) March 3, 2016

We Conservatives are all about protecting the right to own a gun, just keep those dangerous things out of #CPAC2016. https://t.co/BcA8KUMdHQ — Tony B. (@tonybanzai) March 3, 2016

While some on the Left think they might have spotted hypocrisy, the reason #CPAC2016 is a gun free zone boils down to two words:

It’s that simple:

Ian Walters, CPAC’s communications director, said the extra security was due to the number of presidential candidates coming with Secret Service entourages in tow. Conservatives often argue that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But at CPAC, the only good guys with guns were cops. An officer whose name badge read “Muldoon” and who didn’t want to give his first name said the conference policy was simple: no guns.

Sorry, #Gunsense promoters, but you’ll have to look to the Left if you want to spot some gun hypocrisy.

The secret service is going hard today #CPAC2016 — Matthew Schley (@schleyis73) March 4, 2016

RIP to my purple mace… It made it through TSA over a hundred times. But today it was confiscated by Secret Service. #CPAC2016 — Summer Ratcliff (@SummerRatcliff) March 4, 2016

Secret Service is on it for security at #CPAC2016! Thank you all for working hard to keep us safe! #BlueLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/vLpjoNE3DV — Dagny Taggart (@Indepgirlism) March 4, 2016