33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com)

An anonymous reader writes: "An online petition on Change.org claims that constitutional rights are being denied to those who want to bring a gun to the fight for the Republican Party's future," reports CNET. "Though Ohio is an open carry state, which allows for the open carry of guns, the hosting venue — the Quicken Loans Arena — strictly forbids the carry of firearms on their premises." Citing a quote from the National Rifle Association that gun-free zones are "the worst and most dangerous of all lies," the petition has already attracted more than 33,000 signatures, though CNET reports that the whole petition is a satire they're attributing to the Hyperationalist blog. The petition appears to have attracted its last 8,000 signatures within the last 18 hours, shortly after its URL appeared on a web site for young conservatives.

Comments

How is this not win/win

[Anonymous Coward]

If conservative gun lovers are right, it will be a peaceful convention.

If liberal gun haters are right, it will result in a massive shoot our and conservatives will kill each other.

So why does anyone object?

Re:How is this not win/win

[SuricouRaven]

Why would they fear that? They can carry guns to defend themselves too.

Re: How is this not win/win

[Bing Tsher E]

That only works because you righties pretend that Hitler was a leftie when he actually sent lefties like communists and trade unionists to the gas chambers.

Stalin also sent lefties and trade unionists to the firing squads.

Historically communists were virulently opposed to socialists, anarchists, and especially to communists of a different stripe, i.e. Trotskyites,

It doesn't really matter what label you use. The problem people are those who 'have it all figured out and simply have a programme to apply by government force' to solve the big problems of modern society.