Posted on 03/28/2016 10:20:05 AM PDT by GIdget2004
The Secret Service says people attending the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this July will not be allowed to carry guns.
The statement comes in response to a petition that calls for allowing open carry of guns inside Quicken Loans Arena, the host venue.
The petition has amassed more than 43,000 signatures as of Monday morning. Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said in a statement that "only authorized law enforcement personnel" working with the agency will be allowed to carry firearms inside protected areas.
"Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event," Hoback said.
The Secret Service cited federal law that allows the agency to prevent firearms from being carried into venues with protectees present, even in open-carry states.
The Secret Service previously sent a statement to Cleveland's Newsnet5.com.
The petition, which was posted last week on Change.org, has drawn widespread attention, in large part because it seemed designed to test the limits of the Republican Party's support for the Second Amendment.
The anonymous author noted that, while Ohio is an open-carry state, Quicken Loans Arena policy forbids firearms of any kind to be carried into the facility.
"This is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts all attendees at risk," the petition reads.
The origins of the petition are murky and some websites have questioned whether it is satire or a hoax.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
That wasn’t a bomb, that was stupidity.
Except for THEIRS, of course. .
“Im a gun nut. And I support this 100%.”
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Although I conceal carry (and on rare occasion open carry at night when exercising), and have many friends who each own dozens of guns, I’ve yet to hear anyone call themselves a “gun nut.” I have heard plenty of anti-2A types refer to those who bear arms as “gun nuts.”
Right. Because the constitution gets thrown out the window if the feral government is in any way inconvenienced by it.
It would not surprise me one bit.
Case and point why I will never go and see any political figure or celebrity. I am waiting for the day I am in a restaurant and one comes in...
They would shoot someone and blame it on Trump supporters.
Yes. Perhaps even one of the Secret Service.
You are much more convinced that the measures to prevent firearms into the venue would be effective. I understand that the TSA misses about 95% of the stuff used to test their effectiveness.
As for the "rules", I think it would be pretty simple for the candidate to simply deny Secret Service entry into the venue. They can study their rulebook while waiting for the candidate to reappear.
So some janitor (oops, sorry, meant Custodial Engineer for the PC folks) can bop in pushing a cleaning cart and smuggle an AK or equivalent somewhere for later use.
Did someone call?
LOL. That’s a first for me. FReegards.
“I have already had one Trump supporter say the following toward me: “This is our last chance for a ‘cold’ revolution. He will be on the opposite side of a ‘hot’ one.”
And to you that means that he’s ready to start shooting Republicans at the convention.
Do you fly the Confederate flag, or the Code Pink flag?
Yeah we are all thinking the same thing...,LOL
Honestly, this particular year I think its a good idea. And before responding read my tagline. :-)
Card carrying member are you?
Put the convention in Texas where it wouldn’t even need a petition. That’s why the RNC keeps everything on the East Coast. You need to come West!
As they pointed out in the article, Secret Service gets to override that when they’ve got a “client” in the area. There’s nothing terribly new about this. They’ve been not letting guns into conventions, or anyplace else, for a long time. Even if it’s just a candidate hanging around on the street corner, you don’t get to have your guns. Heck even in you’re own house, if you want a presidential candidate who has protection to come over they’re gonna take the guns first.
Funny how people act like they just spawned on earth yesterday. This news is well over a century old, it’s past time you caught up.
This is not going to end well for you. :D I got your point. You just expressed it the wrong way.
I’m pretty sure there were no guns allowed in the conventions in 1984 or 1992. The secret service is very particular about being the best and ONLY armed people in the building.
Nope. Secret Service protection would prevail in Texas also.
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