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USA Today - Woopsies, open carry didn't disrupt Republican convention

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...arry-violence-arrests-safety-column/87562930/

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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.
 

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NRA, are you listening?

They may be listening, but hear nothing.

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