Guns. Do you think the repubs will practice what they preach at their convention?

[anotherproletariat]

If so, they should allow both open carry and concealed weapons. It should be a calm affair, so what could possibly go wrong?

[NV Whino]

1. Am I a bad person to say I like your thinking?

[gwheezie]

2. Why doesn't trump allow it at his rallies?

It's baffling.

[ebayfool]

6. Could you imagine? The genteel behavior? The comity that would ensue?

Why ever would trump not allow the pacifistic gun huggers to his events?

[hack89]

3. What do the local laws say about it?

Is it even possible?

[Lone_Wolf]

5. I believe Ohio is open carry

n/t

[hack89]

7. Is the venue public or private property?

most private venues ban guns due to liability issues.

[JonLeibowitz]

4. Secret Service won't allow it.

[CincyDem]

8. But but but...

I thought the only way to stop a bad delegate with a gun was a good delegate with a gun.



Their principles would say "yes - convention should be open carry". And if they were really serious about it, they would make it a part of their contract with the Cleveland Convention Center.

Of course we know that won't be the case because, in spite of all their post shooting rhetoric, they know as well as everyone else that gun free zones are the safest areas for crowds with differing opinions.

[Lone_Wolf]

9. No, they won't practice what they preach

They know their plan to reduce crime by arming everyone is stupid. If they thought it really would work, they'd be doing it.

There's no way a skittish coward like Donald Trump would go to an event where people were packing heat. Did you see him panic when a protester jumped the barricade.

[Runningdawg]

10. The SS and event promoters aren't going to allow weapons

of any sort, on the convention floor. If the SHTF there, it's going to be an old-fashion, bare-handed, butt-kicking.
Outside the convention? That is another story entirely.
In places other than the convention hall - hotels, bars and restaurants, it will play out across Chicago.
Those that want to compare 2016 to 1968 need to keep in mind that in '68 most people weren't likely to be armed.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. The TV broadcast would be the highest rated of any political convention ever.