Yes, and we should allow guns in bars too so when people get some problem coming up because of alcohol they can shoot everyone in the bar too. Population Control?
This is just ridiculous like the lady who left a loaded pistol on the floor behind her seat of her Pickup truck and then her 4 year old picked it up and shot her in the back with it in Florida recently while she was driving through the back of the driver's seat.
More than 21,000 gun lovers sign petition to allow firearms at Republican National Convention in Cleveland
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Saturday, March 26, 2016, 1:23 PM
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It’s not clear whether the call to arms was created to sincerely celebrate the sanctity of the Second Amendment or if it’s meant to put the GOP, which strongly backs gun rights, in an awkward position.
Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the RNC, does not allow firearms or any other weapons on its premises, despite Ohio being an open carry state.
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The petition, started Monday, said the policy is “a direct affront to the Second Amendment” and “puts all attendees at risk.”
KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images The petition’s argument is in line with the National Rifle Association’s oft-repeated argument that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.”
“Without the right to protect themselves, those at the Quicken Loans Arena will be sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers, criminals or others who wish to threaten the American way of life,” the group said in a statement on the change.org appeal.
The petition’s argument is in line with the National Rifle Association’s oft-repeated argument that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” Right wingers and the NRA often argue that “gun-free zones” lead to tragedy.
Several signees obviously took the rallying cry as a tongue-in-cheek condemnation of the GOP.
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“I’m signing this because they hate our freedom, also I’m kinda hoping there’ll be a bloodbath at the RNC,” Bryan Finch of San Luis Obispo, Calif. wrote.
“Hypocrisy is the death of political parties. Stand by your frothy principles, or shut up about them,” an anonymous signers wrote.
Guns also were banned at the 2012 Republican convention in Florida. The Tampa Tribune reported then that the Secret Service and Tampa trumped state laws that “block the city from acting to limit guns.”
Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the RNC, does not allow firearms or any other weapons on its premises, despite Ohio being an open carry state.
Security concerns are front and center in the minds of Republican leaders.
Organizers are preparing security for the gathering amid an unusually combustible environment, in which the threat of terrorist attacks is now joined by the unpredictable behavior of foes and supporters of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
“Our goal is to develop and implement, with numerous participating agencies, a seamless security plan that will create a safe and secure environment for our protectees, other dignitaries, event participants and the general public,” Kevin Dye, a spokesman for the Secret Service, told McClatchyDC.
Charles Dharapak/ASSOCIATED PRESS The petition puts the GOP, which strongly backs gun rights, in an awkward position.
Cleveland has received $50 million in federal funds for the event, which is being spent on security measures such as riot gear and extra police officers.
Protesters have been a common feature at Trump rallies and have clashed with the front-runner supporters.
“There could very well be riots,” Trump told CNN in an interview broadcast Monday, standing by a provocative statement from last week predicting that chaos could ensue in Cleveland if GOP leaders deny him the presidential nomination.
More than 21000 gun lovers sign petition to allow firearms at Republican National Convention in Cleveland
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An
online petition seeking to allow guns at the Republican National
Convention in Cleveland in July has garnered more than 21,000
supporters.
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