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Heavily armed law-abiding citizens not the threat that local police, national opinionators feared.
Last week’s Republican convention proved that the Second Amendment works. A major push to limit gun rights failed, and citizens carried arms openly in Cleveland outside the convention — including at protests — with no problems.
Americans weren’t allowed to enjoy their constitutional rights without a fight, however. Before the convention, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams lobbied to suspend open-carry rights downtown, saying, “The fewer guns, the better.” This appeal was despite the Buckeye State being one of 45 states where open-carry of firearms is guaranteed by law.
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It’s a gun advocate cliché that an armed society is a polite society. Cleveland showed that an armed convention can also be a safe one.
SNIP
Heavily armed law-abiding citizens not the threat that local police, national opinionators feared.
Last week’s Republican convention proved that the Second Amendment works. A major push to limit gun rights failed, and citizens carried arms openly in Cleveland outside the convention — including at protests — with no problems.
Americans weren’t allowed to enjoy their constitutional rights without a fight, however. Before the convention, Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams lobbied to suspend open-carry rights downtown, saying, “The fewer guns, the better.” This appeal was despite the Buckeye State being one of 45 states where open-carry of firearms is guaranteed by law.
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It’s a gun advocate cliché that an armed society is a polite society. Cleveland showed that an armed convention can also be a safe one.
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