Why Don’t We Disarm Security At The Democrat National Convention?

By Bob Owens

So it turns out that the guy who created a petition to carry guns to the Republican National Convention (in apparent violation of state and federal laws) is a rabid gun control supporter who just wanted to “start a conversation.”

Previously known only by his Twitter handle, @Hyperationalist, Jim last week launched a Change.org petition calling for the open carry of guns at the Republican National Convention, which will be held in Cleveland in July. The petition has garnered international news coverage and prompted responses from the Secret Service and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as online haters.

While the petition reads like a rallying cry from a staunch gun rights activist, Jim, who asked that his surname not be used out of concerns for his and his family’s safety, says he started it to prompt a national conversation about guns in America.

“It is satire,” Jim tells Newsweek during a phone conversation on Tuesday morning. “The thing I try to be really clear about is: I’m not saying [Republicans] should have guns at their convention while I think they shouldn’t. I think they should have guns at their convention because I think that’s the only way to live …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms