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

False Flag operation

[dbc]

This has all the ear-marks of an elaborate false-flag operation being run by a virulent anti-gunner. Who is behind the petition? Why do they not step forward?

Re: How is this not win/win

[Anonymous Coward]

The problem here will of course be liberals posing as conservatives and starting the shooting.

Don't say that's silly...

I support this fully!

[Lumpy]

In fact I think guns should be REQUIRED at Trump rallies.

I really want to see all those racist idiots devolve into a freaking wild west arena fight.

I'm a gun owner and even an ASSAULT RIFLE owner.. I have multiple AR-15's an AK47 and an AR-50 sniper rifle. But Every single person I have met that is a avid Trump supporter tends to be a racist out of control nutjob that is only able to function in society due to heavy prescription drugs.

The funny part is, Trump is NOT a 2nd amendment supporter. that guy will pass anti-gun legislation as he has already talked about it, so I dont understand why the nutjobs are all rabid about him...

Re: How is this not win/win

[jp_831]

Yup, because liberals are always the ones hurting people for no reason: Man arrested, charged with punching protester at Trump event. Or threatening to kill them: after punching Rakeem Jones (while he was being escorted out by sheriff deputies) John McGraw, 78 was quoted on video saying:

I'll see your one man at a Trump rally, and I'll raise you the entire "Occupy" movement.

Old, white, ignorant, racist, conservative hillbillies -- you know, Trump supporters -- are hilarious.

You and your family deserve to be machinegunned in the street outside your home.

Because so far they are the only ones assaulted

[SuperKendall]

Why would they fear that?

Trump has good reason because he is the only one so far that someone has tried to physically assault - someone rushed the stage trying to get to him.

Trump has bodyguards and secret service though. The audience members rationally want to be able to carry guns against the possibility of a crazy liberal trying to shoot audience members; after all most recent mass shootings have been done by (admittedly quite crazed) liberally minded shooters.

That's the natural after-effect of demonizing the "other" for too much, for too long. If liberals keep saying Trump is the same as Hiter why would there not be liberals coming out of the woodwork to kill him?

Re:How is this not win/win

[I'm New Around Here]

Damn, I just used up all my mod points.

His screen is probably covered in dried spittle stains already. It is a holiday weekend after all. Makes the crazies even crazier for some reason.