Some people want to allow firearms at the GOP convention
 

Some people want to allow firearms at the GOP convention
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As the GOP careens towards what could be a contested — and heated — convention this July in Cleveland, someone came up with the idea that the convention won't be truly American unless openly carrying firearms is allowed.*

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A Change.org petition (via Gawker) has amassed nearly 5,000 signatures, presumably from people who don't actually plan to be around hundreds of angry, disenfranchised-feeling Donald Trump supporters in the mid-summer heat and humidity on the shores of Lake Erie.*



The Quicken Loans Arena (home of the Cleveland Cavaliers!) where the convention will be held has a strict **-guns policy.*According to the petition, that policy "is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts all attendees at risk."* Read more...


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