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Guns Everywhere Petition Highlights Rosy Manufacturer Outlook
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Last week, a petition appeared on Change.org collecting signatures for the advocating of open carry gun rules at the GOP Republican National Convention in Ohio in July. Though it was denied in the end, more than 50,000 individuals signed the petition. That the Secret Service would ever allow an open gun policy at an event like this was always highly unlikely, and it probably never would have happened regardless of petition support volume. There are wider implications at play here, however.
Ohio is an open carry state, but just as with all open carry states, venues like the RNC have the right to impose gun-free zone rules on their premises. What this petition is pushing for, when looked at from a longer term perspective, is the elimination of these zones and — by proxy — a carry everywhere policy. Obviously such a policy has safety, ethical and political implications, but it also brings another party into play — gun retailers.
The second amendment has played a large role in the U.S. presidential run-up to date, and it looks set to continue to do so regardless of which Republican ultimately takes the nomination. With this sort of media attention, fueled daily by coverage of the sort of civilian display of gun support a petition like this illustrates, can only be good news for gun retailers. In other words, a guns everywhere policy likely won’t come into force anytime soon, but just the suggestion of it, coupled with the spotlight it draws as nominees like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz repeatedly highlight the key role a right to bear arms plays in their campaigns, and will play in their terms if elected, is enough to boost the big names in the space.
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