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Petition to allow guns at Republican convention earns 24,000 signatures [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Petition to allow guns at Republican convention earns 24,000 signatures
Change.org post attacks ‘irresponsible and hypocritical act’ of choosing
gun-free site for party’s gathering, citing ‘direct affront’ to second
amendment
Alan Yuhas
Sunday 27 March 2016 11.56 BST
An online petition to allow guns into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July has received more than 24,000 signatures in favor of overturning the “irresponsible and hypocritical act of selecting a ‘gun-free zone’” for the party’s quadrennial gathering.
The convention will be held between 18 and 21 July at the Quicken Loans Arena, a venue with a policy that forbids “firearms and other weapons of any kind” on its grounds. Republican debate venues have also barred firearms.
The petition, posted anonymously to Change.org last week, declares the Cleveland arena’s weapons ban “a direct affront to the second amendment and puts all attendees at risk”.
“By forcing attendees to leave their firearms at home,” the petition continues, “the RNC and Quicken Loans Arena are putting tens of thousands of people at risk both inside and outside of the convention site”.
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Change.org post attacks ‘irresponsible and hypocritical act’ of choosing
gun-free site for party’s gathering, citing ‘direct affront’ to second
amendment
Alan Yuhas
Sunday 27 March 2016 11.56 BST
An online petition to allow guns into the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July has received more than 24,000 signatures in favor of overturning the “irresponsible and hypocritical act of selecting a ‘gun-free zone’” for the party’s quadrennial gathering.
The convention will be held between 18 and 21 July at the Quicken Loans Arena, a venue with a policy that forbids “firearms and other weapons of any kind” on its grounds. Republican debate venues have also barred firearms.
The petition, posted anonymously to Change.org last week, declares the Cleveland arena’s weapons ban “a direct affront to the second amendment and puts all attendees at risk”.
“By forcing attendees to leave their firearms at home,” the petition continues, “the RNC and Quicken Loans Arena are putting tens of thousands of people at risk both inside and outside of the convention site”.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/26/republican-national-convention-gun-ban-petition
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