Could Open-Carry Complicate Security at Republican National Convention?

[IronLionZion]

I recommend our people steer clear of Cleveland. There will be a lot of hatred and guns and irrational people there. It's not worth it.

So while guns are banned inside the venue, there will be plenty of heavily armed and paranoid people outside on the streets.

Life is going to suck in Cleveland next week.

On a related note, here are the known speakers:

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/here-are-republican-national-convention-speakers-we-know-n608601

Rep. Paul Ryan: the House speaker has encouraged party unity despite Trump's contentious exchanges with establishment Republicans. Ryan told Politico he would speak. He's expected to give a 10-minute address.
House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy will speak, giving an address about the House GOP's agenda and building party unity, the Washington Post reported.
Sen. Ted Cruz announced he will speak at the convention last week. "Donald asked me to speak at the Republican convention and I told him I'd be happy to do so," he told reporters.
Sen. Tom Cotton told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday that he will speak in Cleveland next week. "We're waiting to nail down the final date and time, but I look forward to talking about our military and our veterans, and what we need to do to make sure that we're serving them, so they can serve us," he said.
Sen. Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he will speak, but would not confirm more details.
Trump told an Ohio crowd earlier this month that Indiana's legendary basketball coach Bobby Knight will speak at the convention.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Tuesday he'd speak during the first session of the convention in the afternoon. The attorney has brought high-profile cases against same-sex marriage and federal regulations in the past, including some that reached the Supreme Court, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Evangelical pastor Mark Burns will also speak on Monday night, Politico reported. This won't be his first time taking the stage at a Trump-headlined event. He's a regular opener for the presumptive GOP nominee at rallies.
Former New York City Major Rudy Giuliani will also speak. The former mayor, who ran New York City during the 9/11 attacks and is extremely conservative on national security issues, has often defended Trump's more controversial policies on homeland security.
The firebrand Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst -- whose profile got a boost in 2014 with an ad about castrating pigs as a metaphor for taking on the Washington establishment -- will have a prime-time speaking slot and will address the convention on national security, the Des Moines Register reported this week.
Tennessee's Rep. Marsha Blackburn will speak as well, Politico reported.
Gov. Scott Walker told a CNN affiliate this month that he would speak at the RNC; despite criticizing Trump in the past, Walker has argued that not supporting Trump is akin to supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Gov. Mike Huckabee's spokesman told reporters the former 2016 candidate and Arkansas governor would also speak, but it was unclear when.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be speaking as well, a strategist said.

[guillaumeb]

1. The new definition of torture:

Forcing people to listen to all of these lunatics while the armed citizen patriot lunatics march outside.

[63splitwindow]

2. Open carry within the convention should be allowed...

let these hypocritical sewage connoisseurs reap what they have sown.

[forest444]

4. Not that they'd learn anything. They'd just blame "Obummer" for "instigating it."

And then proceed to buy even more guns. Poetic isn't it.

[63splitwindow]

5. SOME of them would buy even more guns. Gotta start somewhere..... nt

[central scrutinizer]

10. Allowed? Hell, required!

Nobody gets in with less than an assault rifle, fully loaded.

[63splitwindow]

11. What would minimum magazine size be? 30 sounds good to me.

Seriously, these people want everyone to be able to walk among our children with at least one of these slung over their soldier, mandatory IS a good idea.

[zebonaut]

3. Stay Safe; Republicans! Bring your guns!

Why would wingers want to BAN the bringing of weapons to their important event? Don't they want to be safe????? Aren't there lots of Good guys with guns? Are they implying that guns are dangerous? But guns don't kill....

[SheriffBob]

6. I would love to see

David Duke to show up with some armed militia.

[IronLionZion]

7. There will be thousands of good guys with guns

outside the venue, seething with resentment and fantasizing about defending America from....Americans I guess.

Anyone who might be liberal is viewed as a dangerous threat to these people.

[Masked Dissident]

13. Good point

All the Trumpsters should be for it.

[Jerry442]

8. Matthew 26:52

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

[Night Watchman]

9. Let them Pack Heat Inside Quicken Loans Arena!

I mean, who the Hell are we to infringe upon their LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIBERTY?

[zebonaut]

12. Watching the show from the Oort Cloud