"Cleveland Police union asking Ohio gov. for temporary end to legal open carry of weapons during GOP

[villager]

...convention."

On Twitter just now, via Breaking News:

https://twitter.com/edgallekfox8/status/754715389582462977

[seabeyond]

1. No. Bring the guns. Bring them to the convention. The world is so fuckin scary

for these people. They all need to protect themselves from each other. They have created this world for all of us to have to live in, let them feel the repercussions their fears created.

[cwydro]

2. I know, right?

Umbrellas and tennis balls are not allowed, but weapons are.

Bizarro world.

[PatSeg]

5. And squirt guns

No dangerous squirt guns!

[Xipe Totec]

3. They will be safer with lots of good guys with guns at the convention. nt

[SheilaT]

4. If open carry isn't acceptable during

the RNC, why in the world is it acceptable at any other time? Someone help me understand this.

[ronnie624]

11. The American worldview is rife with such cognitive inconsistencies.

Perhaps the most propaganda-addled population on earth.

[Orrex]

16. I read that as "The American worldview is rifle..."

Which is, alas, also correct.

[MiniMe]

18. I think it is the venue that isn't allowing guns

Something about them not being able to get insurance if guns are allowed. Gee, I wonder why that is.

[SheilaT]

21. Then the NRA itself,

that stalwart defender of all weapons, should underwrite the insurance.

[Iggo]

30. That's a capital idea.

Step up, Gunfuckers!

Show us you mean it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Paraphrasing here: "Gun humpers are polite people"

Or some such bullshit.

[PM Martin]

7. Open carry should be banned.

[tenderfoot]

8. Some of the replies...

true. But if we could give up a little freedom for a week to save a life, should we?

[Statistical]

9. Could the Ohio governor even do anything?

Open carry is legal maybe it shouldn't be but it is. The governor unilaterally making it illegal even temporarily wouldn't pass any legal scrutiny. The legislature would need to revise the ohio statute to make open carry of firearms unlawful. I have to image the Police Union knows this.

[NightWatcher]

10. No fuckers, if it's good enough for the rest of us, you've got to accept them there

[KingCharlemagne]

12. They made their bed . . . - nt

[JustAnotherGen]

14. +1000

[cherokeeprogressive]

19. So to the CLEVELAND POLICE UNION, you say: "No fuckers, ...you've got to accept them there"

The person who replied to that opinion said "They made their bed" and one other says "+1000". To the Cleveland Police Union.

The Cleveland Police Union is concerned for their safety and that of the populace, and you tell them to fuck off and deal with it.

Got it.

[seabeyond]

20. Every single day, every single interaction, we have to be aware. These are the people that

fought for concealed and unconcealed weapons for all of us to live with.

They get to be safe, while every day, the threat is there for us.

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. You're saying the Cleveland Police Union, the agency that asked for the change, is responsible for

fighting for concealed and unconcealed weapons for "all of us" to live with? And so should be forced to face the consequences of paranoid assholes carrying guns during the gopper convention?

Am I missing something?

[seabeyond]

25. Don't you think the majority of the police and other are Republicans voting for the people,

supporting the people that are passing the laws for concealed and unconcealed weapons?

And ya, if we have to live with it daily, why should they be special and not have to live with it? They promoted, voted for, implemented and use the laws.

Today, we are ALL forced to live with paranoid, frightened, angry, stupid or careless assholes carrying guns.

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. EIGHT dead LEOs in one week... "why should they be special and not have to live with it?"

Dead after being ambushed. Yeah, I'd say they're "living with it".

I don't get something though... how does a Law Enforcement Officer "implement" a concealed carry law?

"Hey, cops... fuck you! You're Republicans voting for people who pass concealed weapons laws! Live with it and die with it! Get some!" That might be where you come from, but I can't get to that point even though I think we'd be better off firing them all and hiring new police forces across the nation.

How many people do you know who were murdered in ambushes in the last week? "Live with it daily"?

[seabeyond]

27. I was talking about republicans as a whole, seeing as we are talking the Republican convention.

But hey Cherokee... Keep that rant up implying that I am cheering the death of police.

How many people are dead, randomly, daily, with some dumb fuck and his gun?

Ya, I value those lives too. Not to mention all of us held hostage to the possible gun owner now.

[uponit7771]

28. Yeap, gumpers should eat this shit all day long

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Because "important people" will be there?

Horse feathers. If the rest of us have to live with the threat of armed-to-the-teeth gun humpers, then suck it up. Maybe more "good guys" will fix it.

You don't selectively regulate assault weapons because its too close to home. All or none.

[irisblue]

15. possibly CPD has poorly trained officers who can't tell when a kid has a toy

The city could never afford multiple wrongful death lawsuits.

[uponit7771]

29. +1, roll 2 feet away from the supposed 'threat' to shoot it too...stupid and unsafe

[lindysalsagal]

17. Reasonable request. Which is why it will be totally ignored. n/t.

[Eugene]

22. Kasich just said no.

Reuters banner, no link yet:

Ohio governors do not have the power to arbitrarily suspend constitutional rights as suggested by police union: Gov. Kasich

[villager]

23. What a good little Republican governor. nt