Maybe this is a good thing for when open warfare breaks out at the Republican
convention it will be an actual open war. This is of course tongue in cheek.
Joe
20,000 sign petition to allow guns at Republican National Convention Doug
Stanglin , USATODAY Nearly 20,000 people have signed a'petition to allow
firearms
inside the'Republican National Convention being held in Cleveland in'July.
Firearms are currently not permitted inside the'Quicken Loans Arena, known as
"the Q,"'where the convention will be held. The petition, posted Monday on
Change.org, 'only sought 5,000 signatures but has since quadrupled. It was
posted
by an author identified only as "N.A." from Cleveland, but the user profile
appears to have been deleted from the website. It was not clear whether the
person posting the petition was backing the proposal or attempting to put the
party, which strongly backs gun rights, in an awkward position. A petition
was posted on Change.org calling for Open Carry at the Qucken Loan Arena in
Cleveland for the July Republican convention. (Photo: change.org) The name
of the group purportedly behind the effort' 'Americans for Responsible Open
Carry'does not appear anywhere else online and accepts online message only
from networked supporters,'the' Akron Beacon Journal 'reports . 'Americans for
Responsible Open Carry,' the name of the group supposedly behind the effort,
appears nowhere else online. The group accepts online messages only from
networked supporters. The Ohio Republican Party said it was not aware of the
petition,
the Journal reports , nor was the host committee overseeing the convention,
although it noted that the Secret Service, in conjunction with Cleveland,
Cuyahoga
County, state and federal authorities, is handling security for the event.
'They are coordinating and will be continuously refining security plans leading
up to the national convention,' said Alee Lockman, a spokesperson for the
Republican National Convention, the Journal says. In 2012, firearms'were banned
by the Secret Service at the Republican convention innvention in Tampa. The
Journal says the National Rifle Association declined to comment on the petition.
The petition states: This is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts
all attendees at risk. As the National Rifle Association has made clear,
"gun-free zones"'such as the Quicken Loans Arena are "the worst and most
dangerous of all lies. The NRA, our leading defender of gun rights, has also
correctly
pointed out that "gun free zones... tell every insane killer in America...
(the) safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk. The petition
also claims that forcing attendees to leave firearms at home puts everyone in
attendance at risk. It also notes the convention could be a potential target
for an attack. 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.
