NRA members believe the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to bear arms. Gun control critics believe the NRA has pushed that right too far and made it too easy for criminals to obtain guns. "Senator Kerry seems to have his own view of the Second Amendment," Cheney said, urging NRA members to vote for Bush. The group's annual convention, titled "Freedom's Steel," drew about 60,000 people to rallies and an exhibit hall billed as "four acres of guns and ammo" for an avid display of guns, ammunition and sportswear.