New Black Panther Party chairman says his members will carry guns during protests prior to RNC

[TexasTowelie]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The chairman of the New Black Panthers Party said members will carry guns this week during protests and demonstrations in the run-up to the Republican National Convention, according to a report from Reuters.

Hashim Nzinga said his members will carry guns in self-defense and to protect other protesters, the news agency reported.

"If it is an open state to carry, we will exercise our second amendment rights because there are other groups threatening to be there that are threatening to do harm to us," Nzinga told Reuters.

"If that state allows us to bear arms, the Panthers and the others who can legally bear arms will bear arms."

Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/07/report_new_black_panther_party.html

[liberal N proud]

1. This could become a blood bath

[TexasTowelie]

2. I'm thinking the same thing myself.

The Cleveland police force was already unnerved prior to the incident in Dallas and openly carrying weapons in the current atmosphere is definitely provocative and a poor decision.

[tonyt53]

3. May be a poor decision on the part of this particular group, but we all know others will be armed

The white supremacy groups and gun rights groups will all most certainly be openly carrying.

[TexasTowelie]

6. Yes, I agree with your assessment.

There are going to be so many guns at the RNC that we can expect some type of incident. Meanwhile, Trump will be inside the convention center announcing that he will be the "law and order" candidate.

[SheriffBob]

4. Yep

meh

[Warpy]

5. That's what they said in the 60s

If the current crop of Panthers is anything like the ones 50 years ago, they're not trigger happy at all. They just scare Middle America to death.

What I worry about is more panicky cops.

[liberal N proud]

9. Cops and the Trumpsters

They too will be armed and dangerous. Worry more about the Trumpsters than the cops.

[underpants]

7. Not a supporter of theirs but why shouldn't they?

Will the NRA come to their defense?

BTW- Has the NRA made a statement about how Open Carry effected Dallas police response time? The mix up of the number of shooters?

[bbrady42]

8. Wow. It's the *one* thing that could allow the passage of reasonable gun laws. n/t

[No Vested Interest]

10. Sounds like a bad idea to me. Remember, Kent State happened here,

not too far from Cleveland.

Kasich will be in Cleveland, but not attending the Repub. convention, he says, (though ready to become an alternative nominee if asked.)
Kasich can order out the National guard, I'm thinking.

[ladym55]

11. This was not what Cleveland had in mind when they bid for the convention

They saw tourism and positive exposure for the city--now they are holding their collective breath that nothing disastrous happens there next week.

John Kasich and his legislative puppets can pat themselves on the back for making Ohio open carry. Too bad we all have to deal with the implications of that.