Gunsmoke at The Not-OK Corral
There’s rumors that Donald Trump is going to turn the GOP convention into shark week on basic cable. Yeah, it’s gonna scare the crap out of you.
The former reality television star plans to feature his high-profile children at the summer gathering in Cleveland, with the hope they’ll be joined by a number of celebrity supporters. Prospects include former Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and longtime boxing promoter Don King.
I suspect that Bobby Knight has been invited because he could throw Clint Eastwood’s chair across the convention hall in a fit of pique. Tom Brady will attempt to deflate Trump’s ego and anything else that he can get his hands on. And, Don King will continue to take the Fifth Amendment when asked about organized crime.
Honey, I’ve seen more “celebrities” on Dancing with the Stars.
Plus, does Trump known any women? Or people outside of sports?
But, I gotta hand the delegates this: they ain’t trusting Trump or the Republicans with their security.
As the Republican convention in Cleveland approaches, several delegates from Pennsylvania who support Donald Trump say they are planning on bringing their guns with them to the GOP gathering. Why? They say they are worried about possible violent protest and even an attack from ISIS.
Here’s my personal favorite delegate. He’s from Pennsylvania and he’s packing in more ways than one.
“There are a whole bunch of things happening: You go to various events, receptions, whatever, outside the convention hall,” says Ash Khare, a delegate from the northwest corner of the state who applied for a concealed carry permit in preparation for Cleveland.
Oh great. He’s getting his permit to carry two weeks before the convention. He does promise that he’s going to take some “lessons” from the sheriffs department before he leaves. What could go wrong with that?
I think that reporters covering this convention should get hazardous duty pay. Better yet, they should all just stay at home and make up crap. It would be more informative than anything happening in the convention hall.
Thanks to Anne for the heads up.
STAY AWAY, AMERICA!
1Yes indeedy, Grant open carry for all delegates. At the convention only. I think I mentioned it before, but a friend of mine said, think of what Wal-Mart on black Friday would’ve looked like I if everyone had been packing. Won’t need any sit ins then. Or maybe repugnicans will hijack the idea then
2I have been afraid of just this sort of thing happening, some form of gunfail that would wind up with a casualty count in the dozens, at least, if not higher. Not any type of mass shooting — though that remains a possibility — but more like the sort of ‘dominos falling’ crescendo of accidents and stupidity that might even be funny — in a cartoon, without the real blood and death. The sort that might start with a gun falling out of a pocket (“Duh, wha’s a safety catch, th guy who sold this to me didn’t tell me about THAT?”) and the guy who almost gets shot thinks it was deliberate, and gets off a few rounds, and …
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The combination of alcohol, open carry. 2nd Amendment heroes, and the customary ‘away from home and — usually — family’ type of atmosphere you get at any convention would make this dangerous at any time, with an increased body count and extra beds needed in emergency rooms. But when you add in the anger and hatred these folks have in general, and multiply this by the specific political situation, where the Trumpeters and the muters are already at each other’s throats, then throw in the presence of protestors of all types — and whatever benefit that Trump thinks he could get from a bloodbath, and…
(Oh, and while I seriously doubt that ISIL is this sophisticated, they certainly are hoping for a Trump Presidency — best possible recruiting tool — and even a failed attack on the convention would be a help to that.)
3Tom Brady has announced he won’t be there.
This RNC is going to be more fun to watch than the day Uncle Jethro fell through the outhouse floor.
4Body armor! Buy stock in body armor! Anyone at this convention is going to need it, whether they are packing or not. Too many things are going to be flying recklessly around.
5Per today’s news, looks like Tom Brady won’t be appearing either: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/07/05/tom-brady-refuses-donald-trump-republican-convention.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+politicususa%2FfJAl+%28Politicus+USA+%29
6You all know that the more guns you have, the safer you are.
7That’s why the good ol USA is the safest country in the world.
And if someone don’t like your candidate, Well you can fix that. You can show them who’s the boss.
As for me I will stay a [safe] distance away. My little shack here in Arizona sounds about right. Lots of popcorn, Beer, and JD, lots and lots of JD. Should be a good show on TV, don’t you think? The only thing missing in Ohio Is booze. Maybe the DNC could set up an open bar. Let’s see, political talk. lots of guns. and a free bar. What could go wrong?
LOL … NO CHARGES TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST HILLARY re Those emails!
Let the RWNJ heads commence to explode and Drumpf continue to foam at the mouth!!
Oh, LOL LOL LOL
8Time for a labor strike in Cleveland to protect the staff at the hotels and the convention center. Not that he would actually pay it, but if Donnie Drumpf were to guarantee them a hazardous duty spiff in their pay, shot dead for money they won’t receive is a bad deal. Don’t know what the average porter in Cleveland earns for general clean up and emptying waste baskets, but not knowing what these morons will doing with their ammo and weapons says: “don’t touch that waste basket, clean up AFTER they are gone, and by all that is sanity, do not fluff that pillow.”
9Hell’s Bells, Herr Drumph may as well invite David Duke, the KKK Grand Whiz, the Bundy Bunch, and maybe get ol’ Chuckles Manson too. Ken Lay may even be there.
Wonder what kind of security detail Wayne LaPierre will have?
Put some of these guys in the kitchen preparing tasty snacks (from the OK Corral losers): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_cannibals
Open bars all over the place (as Rastybob says, covertly provided by the DNC).
Maggie, WRT that body armor, give them all a free set. From the stockpile of that defective stuff the troops got, back under Rumsfeld-Cheney-Boosh.
The 2016 RNC may forever be known as the “Clusterfock in Cleveland”…
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Dad in Florida took his sons to a shooting range to teach gun safety and show them how to defend the family. Dad had a spent brass fall down the back of his collar,reached back with a loaded gun in hand to remove the brass and promptly killed his 14 year old.
This is what passes as responsible gun owners?
Would that Cleveland was filled with such. Who needs enemies…….
11I am terrible….all I can think of is dropping a 250 pack of firecrackers in there and watch them all pull thier guns and shoot each other……
12Go ahead,JPH,. The NRA will blame HRC and we’ll have another unending investigation that proves nothing.
13John Peter Henson a “250 pack of firecrackers” might be a little excessive and a waste of good firecrackers. One or two little firecrackers should suffice, since the snacilbupeR are short fuse ready and low on thought in the ready, fire, aim department.
14Surrounding cities, prepare for an influx of immigrants just prior to the convention. Anyone with a brain will be fleeing Cleveland — and not just because the traffic there will be in a snarl. The GOP/OK Corral is not where you want to be if staying healthy is a priority.
I wish luck to those who remain. They’re going to need it. Along with quick reflexes — especially if the PtB try to unseat Trump.
15I look forward to the Dem convention being a strong contrast by showcasing adult behavior. And our candidate is an adult.
16If Trump were casting Hollywood squares he would not even be able to fill all the boxes with “celebrities.”
17I cannot decide which comment I like best today:
John Peter Henson-firecrackers sound perfect but then
LynnN-Hollywood Squares is a perfect image.
Thank you both.
18@Sandridge
With all due respect, you’d be wrong. The defacto motto of Cleveland (and its so long suffering sports fans) is “The mistake by the lake.” When it comes to pass as it seems surely it will and the snacilbupeR nominate Hair Drumpf, … well the motto just continues to continue.
“These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.”
19I fear more for those attending the annual NAACP meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio this year. The dates overlap with the RNC. State and Federal resources are stretched thin to cover the RNC potentially leaving the NAACP attendees vulnerable.
20Oh, J.J., the imagery is hysterical: Brady deflating, Knight throwing Eastwood’s chair and King taking the fifth. Unfortunately, I can’t sit through speeches by the Drumpf spawn, and the inanities of the Repugs spewing lies. My blood pressure will skyrocket, so I will stick to the news clips and comments by my fellow clients here at the salon.
21Just musing, but tRump likes to stand in front of er interesting things. How about at the OK convention he stands in front of a big red white and blue target? Just musing…..
22Guns in Cleveland because it’s not violent enough there. Good God. Used to be Murder City, USA. Kent of Kent State fame is just down the road. There have been mass murderers and serial kidnappers in the past five years. Given the history of police violence against black citizens, be glad it is the Republican convention, not Democratic.
23Let them carry. Lock them in. Treat them like the people in that coliseum in New Orleans were treated during Katrina. Leave the cameras on, so everyone can see how they behave under stress. When the ammunition has all been expended and the living have passed out from fumes, exhaustion, hunger, and thirst, go in load them onto buses whose toilets don’t work and truck them off to locations distant from their homes.
Yeah, I’m still mad about Katrina.
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