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The GOP is asking for trouble in Ohio. Newspaper articles are describing a tense atmosphere as police worry about shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge, and yet Governor John Kasich professes that he is incapable of restricting arms carried close to the convention. Ohio's open carry laws trump (pun intended) public safety and sanity with the Republicans. Notice that they have no problem making sure the protesters cannot fend off tear gas, though. Great strategy. The police can tear gas people who can machine gun them back in self-defense.
"Though demonstrators and others in the convention district have been barred from possessing a range of items, including gas masks, there was no prohibition on the brandishing of firearms.
On Sunday, the president of Cleveland’s police union called for additional measures to protect the security of the event, and urged Mr. Kasich to suspend open-carry gun rights. The governor’s office said Mr. Kasich did not have 'the power to arbitrarily suspend federal and state constitutional rights or state laws.'"
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"Though demonstrators and others in the convention district have been barred from possessing a range of items, including gas masks, there was no prohibition on the brandishing of firearms.
On Sunday, the president of Cleveland’s police union called for additional measures to protect the security of the event, and urged Mr. Kasich to suspend open-carry gun rights. The governor’s office said Mr. Kasich did not have 'the power to arbitrarily suspend federal and state constitutional rights or state laws.'"
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