Posted on 07/15/2016 5:23:18 AM PDT by rellimpank
On the streets outside a national political convention, citizens should have the right to give thundering voice to issues they care about. But how free will any protesters feel to shout out their minds at the Republican National Convention next week if others who disagree take advantage of Ohio’s lax laws to tote powerful weapons outside the hall?
Although many protesters no doubt will show up in Cleveland, we wonder how many will quietly stay home, unnerved at the thought of marching amid so much firepower. The chilling effect is a problem cropping up even at local community meetings across the country as more state legislatures permit people to openly carry formidable firearms.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
Why not a simple....No weapons beyond this line? That’s not taking them away. It’s being smart.
Safer than a weekend in Chicago.
An armed society is a polite society.
It’s merely trolling to echo the online petition started by a Democrat activist to try to get open carry of firearms in Cleveland’s convention (to make gun owners and Republicans look nutty).
Translation: "We might not get the riots and intimidation we want because the convention attendees will be able to defend themselves."
If they can’t run with the big dogs, they should stay on the porch.
2nd Amendment rights for a safer America.
I'm pro-second amendment but anti-gun for myself. But c'mon. Guns ok; tennis balls not ok?
I wouldn't click the link, but then what's Chicago's problem since they don't allow much carry of any kind, open or concealed? (I would expect there to be more Homeland Security and Secret Service snipers than armed Black Panthers and Hell's Angels outside the convention.)
Sad, sad editorial as the author doesn’t seem to realize most of the shootings they are citing happened in the prescribed ‘gun free zones.’
If only Cleveland would create a gun free utopia like Chicago!
How to make a tennis ball bomb
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Match-Head-Tennis-Ball-Bomb
Any further questions?
I stand corrected about the tennis balls.
Also don’t pick up any water bottles thinking they are trash. Google water bottle bomb...
There are legit reason for this stuff being banned.
I don’t fear the weapon I fear those willing to use a weapon. And there are more weapons than guns to choose from.
You can put a fair amount of C4 in a tennis ball.
CC
“An armed society is a polite society.”
That is part of the problem... The author does not wish to be polite.
Thanks
People may have right to give “thunderous voice” to issues they care about, but they don’t have the right harass or attack people, obstruct access, and destroy property.
We know from past behavior that is just what these scumbags will do.
Furthermore, there are already rumors that they Mayor of Cleveland has told the police to ‘stand down’ and not protect the GOP convention.
Maybe armed citizens will help restrain the scum.
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