Strict RNC rules call for a ban on soda cans, glass bottles, tennis balls, umbrellas with metal tips and “any projectile launcher” like BB guns, paintball guns and water guns in the 1.7-square-mile “event zone” surrounding the Quicken Loans Arena convention site, where 2,470 delegates will gather to officially name Donald Trump as the party’s nominee.
But pistol-packing protesters — as per Ohio’s lax open-carry laws — can freely carry in public areas, like parks, within the designated zones around the venue.
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Ohio is an open-carry state that has no ban on assault weapons, so long as they are legally obtained and don’t fire more than 31 cartridges without reloading, according to SmartGunLaws.org.
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Citizens for Trump, a coalition of “conservative activists,” and the American Civil Liberties Union won a federal lawsuit last week that shrunk the size of the gun-free “event-zone” from a 31/2-mile perimeter of the arena to a 1.7-mile area, allowing more spaces for firearm friendly rallies.
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Republican logic for ya!