Petition Draws Big Numbers To Allow Open Carry At Upcoming GOP Debate In Cleveland

By Brandon

CLEVELAND, OHIO — More than 40,000 signatures have been gathered on a petition that calls for allowing firearms at the Republican National Convention this summer in Cleveland.

To sign the petition, click here.

The venue itself, the Quicken Loans Arena, has a strict no-firearms policy. Their website states, “In accordance with the Ohio’s ‘concealed carry’ law and the right for private entities to ban handguns on their premises, firearms and other weapons of any kind are strictly forbidden on the premises of Quicken Loans Arena.”

The petition also calls on the Republican candidates to support this request and to stand by their beliefs of ‘gun free zones’.

The petition is calling for five points of action:

1. From the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland: A suspension of their policy preventing the open carry of firearms on the premises of the arena from July 18-21, 2016 to coincide with the Republican National Convention.

2. From the National Rifle Association: An immediate condemnation of the egregious affront to the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution constituted by the “gun-free zone” loophole to the state law.

3. From Ohio Governor John Kasich: A concerted effort to use his executive authority to …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation