Houston Gay Pride
Parade Declared ‘Gun-Free Zone’
by Lana Shadwick 25 Jun 2016
HOUSTON, Texas — Organizers for the Houston LGBT
Pride celebration have declared the parade route and other pride events to
be “gun-free zones.” The move comes less than two weeks after the Orlando Islamic terrorist attack at a gay nightclub — another “gun-free zone.” It also
follows a threat of gun violence on Twitter.
The Pride Houston website
states that “No Firearms Allowed at Any Pride Houston Events” and cites
sections 30.06 and 30.07 of the Texas Penal Code. The message also appears in
Spanish. Organizers also say,
“We will also be posting the policy regarding firearms on our site, social
media outlets and at the parade. Firearms, concealed or open carry, will not be
allowed.”
Organizers have remained committed to the gun-free zone
on public streets even though the Houston LGBT community was threatened in a
tweet that affirmatively stated – “There will be a massive shooting at the
pride parade in Houston,
TX,” as reported by
Breitbart Texas Merrill Hope on June 16.
Organizers are telling
Houston Pride event goers that they will have “enhanced” security at
the parade and other events on Saturday. Their website says, “We at Pride hear,
understand, and share your concern for everyone’s safety this Saturday. Along
with HPD (Houston Police Department) and the City of Houston, we
have been making strides to ensure every possible measure and precaution is
taken.”
They say that more HPD officers will be along the parade
route, and will be inside and outside the festival. Private security forces,
metal detection devices, and random vehicle searches, will also be conducted,
say organizers on the Pride Houston website.
They also state that “These searches could and will include vendors,
volunteers, entries, and guests.”
Houston Pride officials cite HPD Executive Assistant
Chief George Buenik, “We want people to come downtown to enjoy the parade.
We don’t want them to be in any type of fear, because we’re going to be down
there trying to keep everybody safe.”
“That gun-free zone didn’t work well for the [Orlando]
Club and all of the other mass shootings,” says Jeff Sanford, owner of the
Shiloh Gun Range in northwest Houston. Breitbart Texas reported that Sanford
reached out to the LGBT community after the murder and wounding of those in
Orlando by offering free CHL classes.
CJ Grisham,
president of Open Carry Texas (OCT)
told Breitbart Texas after the Orlando terror attack, “On Sunday morning, 49 Americans
were slaughtered by an Islamic extremist at a nightclub in Florida. Since then,
there have been other threats against the LGBT community. Open Carry Texas strongly
believes that every law-abiding citizen has a right to keep and bear arms in
self defense. We believe that open carry is a deterrent to criminal
aggression.” Grisham said that members of OCT have offered to provide
visibly armed escorts at LGBT events in order to achieve several objectives.
“The organizers of the Pride parade in Houston have
created a policy that is foolish and unenforceable,” Grisham told Breitbart
Texas on Saturday morning. “The bottom line is that they cannot ban guns at
this public event. They can prevent participants in the parade from carrying,
but not spectators and other citizens. For a group that is the target of Islamic extremists,
I can’t fathom why they would not want the means and ability to defend
themselves.”
The Shiloh Gun Range’s Jeff Sanford told Breitbart
Texas, “It’s unfortunate that the parade organizers continue to bury their
heads in the sand and pretend like a ‘gun free declaration’ will keep them
safe. That certainly didn’t keep the 103 victims and 49 dead in the Pulse night
club safe. Criminals obey signs like laws. They don’t. That’s why they’re
criminals.”
Sanford added, “It’s a moot point, because as far as I
understand Texas law [Texas Penal Code 42.035(f)(3)], the parade organizers
cannot declare a public road or sidewalk a gun free zone. Bottom line,
concealed means just that. No one knows you have it unless you have to use it.
And I’m sick of seeing my fellow, unarmed Americans led to slaughter.”
Frankie Quijano of Pride Houston said, “Pride will still
be happening. We will not let fear control us … Let your light shine in our
community’s darkest hour.”
Police
Kenneth
Canterbury is the president for the Fraternal
Order of Police, and a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council.
Note: Glenda E. Hood was
a member of the Homeland Security
Advisory Council, and the Orlando
(FL) mayor.
Annise
Parker is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety, and was a Houston (TX) mayor.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of Everytown
for Gun Safety, the founder of Independence
USA PAC, a co-chair for the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns, Emma Bloomberg’s
father, was a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, and an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Independence
USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” PAC for guns.
Mayors
Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin
Hood Foundation, the International
Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a
benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone, and is a friend of Michael
Douglas.
Emma Bloomberg
was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation, and is Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter.
Clifford S.
Asness was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, supported same-sex marriage in New
York, and is a director at the International
Rescue Committee.
ONE
Campaign is a partner with the International
Rescue Committee.
Susan A. Buffett
is a director at the ONE Campaign,
and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.
Warren E. Buffett
is Susan A. Buffett’s father, and an
advisory board member for the Everytown
for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Annise
Parker is an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and was a Houston
(TX) mayor.
Kenneth
Canterbury is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.
Lee
H. Hamilton is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior
counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, was a member of
the Iraq Study Group, and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for Houston (TX).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great
niece, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past
Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP, and a parishioner at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr. Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter Newsmagazine, and is the acting
head for the Nation of Islam.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) was a funder for the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank).
Michael
Douglas is a director at the Nuclear
Threat Initiative (think tank), and a friend of George Soros.
Sam
Nunn is a co-chairman & CEO for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and Michelle Nunn’s father.
Michelle
Nunn is Sam Nunn’s daughter, and
was a board member for Be the Change.
Kevin Jennings was
the president & CEO for Be the
Change, and the founder & executive director for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.
Warren E. Buffett
is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), Susan A.
Buffett’s father, and an advisory board member for the Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown
for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun
Control” group for guns.
Annise
Parker is an advisory board member for Everytown
for Gun Safety, a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and was a Houston
(TX) mayor.
Kenneth
Canterbury is a member of the Homeland
Security Advisory Council, and the president for the Fraternal Order of Police.
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