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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums42,000 Sign Petition to Allow Republicans to Bring Guns to G.O.P. Convention
"With the potential for a convoluted, multi-round fight to determine its presidential nominee (and the threat of riots if Donald Trump loses), this summers Republican National Convention is shaping up to be a historic, if not historically messy, spectacle. As if to make matters worse for a party that is already trying to fend off Trumps takeover bid, the G.O.P must now contend with a new petition that calls for attendees, already in a high-pressure environment, to be allowed to recognize our constitutional right to open carry firearms at the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in July 2016."http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/gun-petition-republican-convention
As if the GOP base isn't shrinking rapidly enough, now they want to wipe each other out?
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42,000 Sign Petition to Allow Republicans to Bring Guns to G.O.P. Convention (Original Post)
lagomorph777
Mar 2016
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I'm pretty sure it was started by someone on the left to highlight the hypocrisy of the right.
OnlinePoker
Mar 2016
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OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)1. I'm pretty sure it was started by someone on the left to highlight the hypocrisy of the right.
No proof (She/He is called the Fanatical Rationalist), but it sounds more like snark than something serious. Here's the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/quicken-loans-arena-allow-open-carry-of-firearms-at-the-quicken-loans-arena-during-the-rnc-convention-in-july-2
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. Pretty clever
JudyM
(29,233 posts)3. Bring 'em on!
Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)4. Come on guys, don't you know that there are two sets of rules
one for the higher ups, like the top politicians and another for the general public.
I mean Donald Trump is the only one protected at a Donald Trump Rally by the Secret Service.
Bucky
(53,998 posts)5. it's a trap!
You can't kill them!!
Every time a Republican gunlover dies, two more spring forth from its neckhole