Quoting Trent W. Buck (trentbuck@gmail.com):
I assumed Russell was taking the piss.
It was exactly as real as a spoof Internet poll is.
Or he's hoping that more guns at reactionary American conferences will result in a reduction in the number of reactionary Americans...
It was actually a delightful case of online trolling of the USA Republican Party by a pseudonymous wag -- successful to the extent of getting the Trump person to take it seriously in a television interview. The trolling was ended by a brief matter-of-fact statement from the US Secret Service, who will be providing security at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio (because candidates will be there), saying that attendees may not bring firearms, period. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/politics/secret-service-bans-guns-at-go... This is greatly to the disappointment of those of us morbidly hoping for a _truly_ 'contested convention'. (FWIW, I am a registered member of the other large political party, the Democratic Party, and expect to vote for Mr. Bernie Sanders in the June 6th California primary, then doubtless for Ms. Hillary Clinton in the November 8th general election with rather less enthusiasm.)