Republican Gun Control Lovers

It seems there is an issue with the upcoming Republican National Convention.

It will be held in good, old Cleveland. It just so happens that Ohio is an Open-Carry state. It is perfectly legal to walk around almost everywhere openly packing a gun.

This should be a very welcome thing to the attending Republican delegates and candidates. They are the right-wing party. Many of them have suggested that the solution to school shootings is that all teachers be issued guns.

They say that the solution to mass shootings that occur with disturbing regularity is not to ban or to regulate firearms, but that there should be more firearms out in the general population. Nobody would dare try anything evil if there were a fully armed citizenry ready to take them on everywhere, and anytime.

So it is almost time for their convention; and shockingly, security experts have banned weapons not only from the convention floor, but also in a buffer zone around the venue. Shouldn't the candidates all be up-in-arms about this blatant attempt to subvert the constitutional rights of the citizenry? Shouldn't they want their own security to be better assured by a convention where everybody is walking around packing heat?

Strangely, none of them have been complaining about guns not being allowed in the convention.

Recently, Cleveland police have been petitioning the governor to suspend the right of open carry throughout the city for the duration of the convention. When it was pointed out that such a thing would be a violation of both the federal and state constitutions, the police agreed, and said they wanted it anyhow.

Was the Republican party shocked and dismayed about this clear attempt to subvert the right to own and carry firearms? Strangely, none of them said a thing. Imagine their reaction if President Obama attempted to ban all firearms in some other city, other than Cleveland, and other than Republican Convention time.

It seems that the Republicans prefer having their convention gun-free, but would be even happier if firearms were temporarily banned throughout the entire city, even if doing so violated all sorts of local and federal laws.

How come they get to be as gun-free as possible, but they want to arm school teachers to fight off possible attackers? Shouldn't they want to be treated exactly the same as they have insisted would be better for others.

They lie, while others die.