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sarisataka

(20,992 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:36 PM Mar 2016

Texas Republicans will allow people to openly carry guns at its state convention

Texas Republicans will allow people to openly carry guns at its state convention

The Republican Party of Texas will allow people to carry guns at their state convention, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Both open and concealed carry of firearms will be permitted at Texas State Convention in May, officials confirmed.


On Monday, the U.S. Secret Service announced it would not allow people to carry guns at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. More than 45,000 people had signed a petition calling on the RNC to allow the open carry of firearms at the event.

Both Texas and Ohio allow guns to be carried openly in public.
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/texas-republicans-will-allow-people-to-openly-carry-guns-at-its-state-convention/
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Texas Republicans will allow people to openly carry guns at its state convention (Original Post) sarisataka Mar 2016 OP
Total madness. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Let me guess - Blood will run in the streets? DonP Mar 2016 #4
There are no strategic targets at the state convention, and no feds, so why not. braddy Mar 2016 #2
What could possibly go wrong? SheilaT Mar 2016 #3
Let's make it into a gun show. Skink Mar 2016 #5
 

DonP

(6,185 posts)
4. Let me guess - Blood will run in the streets?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:54 PM
Mar 2016

Don't you guys ever get tired of being wrong? Or do you take great pride in it like some here do?

Oh wait, that's right, you never admit it when your DIY horror stories never come to pass. You all just quietly drift away.

Still waiting for that bloodbath we were promised in Georgia with the "Guns Everywhere" laws last year. How'd that all work out?

The actual facts, with 20 years of statistics behind them in Texas, of people with a CCW permit being far more law abiding than the average citizen doesn't count I guess.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
3. What could possibly go wrong?
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:50 PM
Mar 2016

We all know that people at such conventions are invariably polite, considerate people, who even if they have a difference of opinion with someone would never resort to violence. Not to mention, it's well understood that guns make people exceedingly polite.

On a more realistic note, this is going to be a Republican state convention, which I venture to say means the people there will largely be in agreement with each other about all the major issues.

Personally, I wouldn't be willing to attend, but I'm not a Republican, either.

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