Andy Hallinan, of the Florida Gun Supply in Inverness, Florida, declares his store to be a "Muslim-free zone" in a video posted to YouTube on July 18, 2015.
Huffington Post
The number of gun stores and shooting ranges declaring themselves "Muslim-free zones" appears to have accelerated since last month's shooting deaths of five U.S. service members in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
At least four U.S. gun shops have posted signs banning Muslims since the July 16 attacks, which authorities said were committed by a 24-year-old Chattanooga Muslim with a history of drug abuse and mental health problems. He was shot to death by law enforcement.
Just this week, a gun store in Oklahoma was reported to have posted a sign in its window banning Muslims.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the businesses for possible civil rights violations.
"These bigoted declarations are no different than 'whites only' signs posted in businesses during a period of our nation's history that we had hoped was over," Ibrahim Hooper, Council on American-Islamic Relations's national communications director, said in a press release.
Did we need more proof gun loons are bigoted racists? No, but here is more proof.
ReplyDeleteSo, Mikeb--on what evidence have you determined that the proprietors of any of these gun shops/ranges are "gun rights fanatics," or even merely gun rights advocates (which you seem to think of as synonymous with "fanatics")?
ReplyDeleteI'm also curious about your position on this:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the businesses for possible civil rights violations.
If the DoJ investigates and finds that the answer is "yes," would that not mean that buying guns is a civil right? That kinda sounds like a position that you would ascribe to your so-called "gun rights fanatics," doesn't it?
No, Kurt, it's not the buying of guns that's the civil right, it's the entering a place of business that any free person is allowed to enter.
DeleteYou reach deep for personal denial don't you Mike. You deny rights that are enumerated and make up rights that don't exist at all. Bravo!
Delete"No, Kurt, it's not the buying of guns that's the civil right, it's the entering a place of business that any free person is allowed to enter."
That statement is pure failure. The ability to purchase guns is an absolute right that is enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Entering private property is not. Private property rights protect the owner of that property in such a way that allows him to deny access to his property to who ever and provide access to whom he wishes.
It may be your way in Italy, but not here in the states. Try again.
If the "Muslim-free" gun range upsets you (and for the record, I don't like it, either), the "Crusader" AR-15, with Christian symbols, and a verse of Biblical scripture (not to mention the fire control settings: "Peace," "War," and "God Wills It"), to supposedly thwart its use by Islamic terrorists, ought to really give you trouble digesting your cud.
ReplyDeleteThen there's the fact that they can't make 'em fast enough to meet demand . . .