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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:04 PM Mar 2016

X-post from GD: There's a petition to allow 'open carry' at the GOP convention

RECOGNIZE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO OPEN CARRY FIREARMS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT THE QUICKEN LOANS ARENA IN JULY 2016


SUMMARY: In July of 2016, the GOP will host its convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Though Ohio is an open carry state, which allows for the open carry of guns, the hosting venue—the Quicken Loans Arena—strictly forbids the carry of firearms on their premises.


According to the policy on their website, "firearms and other weapons of any kind are strictly forbidden on the premises of Quicken Loans Arena."


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." (March 4, 2016 and Dec. 21, 2012)


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X-post from GD: There's a petition to allow 'open carry' at the GOP convention (Original Post) SecularMotion Mar 2016 OP
I'm sure that the folks here who threaten my university with CAMPUS CARRY... stone space Mar 2016 #1
I will leave it to the owners of the venues hack89 Mar 2016 #3
I agree Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #9
Threaten, lol Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #10
FWIW, Iowa already allows campus carry DonP Mar 2016 #13
Very true on how he would know Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #14
Actually, this petition seems controller propelled. Doncha think? Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #15
The people should be able to OC anywhere...that should be the rule ileus Mar 2016 #2
Have you ever needed to use your gun? Human101948 Mar 2016 #4
Anyone... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #5
Huh? Human101948 Mar 2016 #6
More specifically... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #7
Not surprised you did not get it Duckhunter935 Mar 2016 #11
Sorry, not immersed in the dog whistles of the gun culture... Human101948 Mar 2016 #12
A non-issue. theatre goon Mar 2016 #8
 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
1. I'm sure that the folks here who threaten my university with CAMPUS CARRY...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:15 PM
Mar 2016

...will be right along with all of the reasons for allowing CONVENTION CARRY at both the Democratic and Republican Conventions.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
10. Threaten, lol
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 06:43 AM
Mar 2016

You mean allow licensed concealed carry by people over 21 that pass a background check and have training.

 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
13. FWIW, Iowa already allows campus carry
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 07:52 AM
Mar 2016

Sadly, for now it's left up to the discretion of the individual University. But I expect that too will change too over time.

But on the plus side, Iowa just became the 40th state to legalize suppressors.

Also, the poster in question has yet to explain how they will magically know who if carrying and when?

Gun Chi?

The Force?

ileus

(15,396 posts)
2. The people should be able to OC anywhere...that should be the rule
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 06:19 PM
Mar 2016

not the exception...

IMHO my life is worth protecting no matter where I may roam. Maybe I place too much importance on remaining alive...

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,577 posts)
7. More specifically...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 08:54 PM
Mar 2016

...anyone who carries for the purpose of self-defense had better be using that gun quite often...

Using it to shoot targets to improve accuracy, to train for reaction time and to practice distinguishing the between valid threats and innocents.

 

theatre goon

(87 posts)
8. A non-issue.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 06:24 AM
Mar 2016

People tried to make this a thing at the NRA convention, claiming hypocrisy on the organization's part, when in reality (that little thing that so many anti-rights activists like to ignore) was that the venue itself set that rule, and only at one portion of the convention, not the NRA.

In this situation, however, we have the added possibility that the petition was started by anti-gun people trying to make the Republicans look bad. Personally, I think the Republicans do a really good job of that on their own, by, for instance, their candidates. This sort of manufactured controversy is rather childish, in my opinion. Why not talk about the actual issues, rather than trying to create one out of whole cloth...?

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