New black panther party to carry arms in Cleveland if legal

[the game]

The New Black Panther Party, a "black power" movement, will carry firearms for self-defense during rallies in Cleveland ahead of next week's Republican convention, if allowed under Ohio law, the group's chairman said.

The plan by the group this weekend comes as police in Cleveland brace for an influx of groups that plan demonstrations before and during the presidential nominating convention.

During the attack last week in Dallas that killed five police officers, law enforcement officials said demonstrators carrying rifles led them to initially believe they were under attack by multiple shooters.

Several other groups, including some supporters of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, have said they will carry weapons in Cleveland.

"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," Hashim Nzinga, chairman of the New Black Panther Party, told Reuters in a telephone interview.

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

Nzinga said he condemned the Dallas shootings.

Officials in Ohio have said it will be legal for protesters to carry weapons at demonstrations outside the convention under that state’s "open carry" law, which allows civilians to carry guns in public.

"Black power" groups promote defense against racial oppression, with some advocating for the establishment of armed self-defense groups, black social institutions and a self-sufficient economy.

The New Black Panther Party has long called for a separate black nation. But Nzinga said the movement was now focused on protecting black Americans' rights.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us..._medium=Social

[Dug]

If it's their right then they can exercise it. I still think Open Carry is dumb as shit but if other people can do it so can they. I just hope nobody gets shot

[the game]

If it's their right then they can exercise it. I still think Open Carry is dumb as shit but if other people can do it so can they. I just hope nobody gets shot

It should be interesting since other opposing groups that will be there will also be carrying guns. I just hope nothing happens.

[Kujako]

Just remember, Nixon was pro open carry until the Black Panthers started doing it, then he got the laws in CA changed.

[Independent voter]

Just remember, Nixon was pro open carry until the Black Panthers started doing it, then he got the laws in CA changed.

Wasn't that Reagan?

[Pangean]

Wasn't that Reagan?

Yup.

/10

[derpkitteh]

i don't think hate groups should be allowed to have second amendment rights.

this is as bad as KKK or neo-nazi groups carrying weapons.

[Kujako]

Wasn't that Reagan?

Huh, guess so... Mulford Act of 1967 was in direct response to the Black Panthers utilizing their open carry rights. Enacted by Regan. Could'a sworn it was Nixon....

[Torgent]

Yep, another example of why the 2nd amendment needs to be really reworked. There is no reason to allow large groups of people to walk around armed knowing full well that there will be opposition who is also armed. This is just begging for a conflict to break out. Open carry is the dumbest shit in the world.

[akris15]

Nah Reagan became a supporter of gun control when his press secretary, James Brady, got really messed up during his assassination that left him cripped.

[Naxere]

If it's legal, then sure why not?

[akris15]

Also open carry is legal in Ohio (but its really encouraged to do so only if you have a concealed gun permit)

[Beazy]

There were a ton of people doing open carry in the protest in Dallas last Friday, and no one used their weapon, even when there could be legal gray area that would have allowed it. (To protect themselves from the shooter).

Nothing to worry about. People who open carry do it "cause they can", not to kill people.

[the game]

There were a ton of people doing open carry in the protest in Dallas last Friday, and no one used their weapon, even when there could be legal gray area that would have allowed it. (To protect themselves from the shooter).

Nothing to worry about. People who open carry do it "cause they can", not to kill people.

one person used their weapon at the Dallas protest.

[Jingoism]

Just remember, Nixon was pro open carry until the Black Panthers started doing it, then he got the laws in CA changed.

He saw the future and the problem was never with guns.
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/socia...-worlds-reeves

[Beazy]

one person used their weapon at the Dallas protest.

Did you have a link to that news article?

[the game]

Did you have a link to that news article?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/08/us/phi...ling-protests/

[A Dark Knight]

If it's legal, then what the problem?

[ItachiZaku]

one person used their weapon at the Dallas protest.

What you did there, I see it.

[Stormdash]

If they peaceably open carry, when the police don't slaughter them arbitrarily, won't that be kind of awkward for the BPP/BLM?