Florida – Gun Store Sued After Declaring Itself ‘Muslim-Free’

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    Andy Hallinan Florida – A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory.

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    The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale accuses Florida Gun Supply of Inverness of violating the federal public accommodations law and seeks an injunction to stop the discrimination, according to the complaint.

    “We just can’t let segregation rear its ugly head in Florida again. This is part of Islamophobia that we need to challenge,” said Hassan Shibly, chief executive director of the civil rights group.

    Andrew Hallinan, the gun shop’s 28-year-old owner, referred calls for comment to his lawyer, Robert Muise of the American Freedom Law Center. The law firm aggressively seeks to advance and defend the country’s Judeo-Christian heritage, according to its website.

    Muise denied that the store had discriminated and called the lawsuit “absolutely bogus.”

    Hallinan announced the Muslim-free zone in a video posted on his store’s Facebook page on July 18 in reaction to the deadly shootings at Tennessee military sites by a suspect officials have described as a homegrown extremist.

    In a telephone call with Shibly, Hallinan invited him to attend a gun course at his store on July 25 and explain the Koran to him afterward.

    Shibly said Hallinan subsequently canceled the meeting.


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    golani
    golani
    8 years ago

    of course they feel they can sue ,if the white house is giving iran money for terror and nukes why shouldnt we follow suit and sell guns to people who want to kill us

    gimmeabreak
    gimmeabreak
    8 years ago

    Next, he will declare the store judenrein.

    golani
    golani
    8 years ago

    really now so how many jews are out there trying to join isis

    Proud_To_Be_American
    Proud_To_Be_American
    8 years ago

    Did I mis-remember …

    Didn’t the Reagan White House sell weapons to Iran?

    Wasn’t Fox News’ Col. Oliver North involved?

    Did I mis-remember?

    Normal
    Normal
    8 years ago

    #3 absolute rubbish. In Kashrus and freedom to pray we are tied to them. When it comes to terrorism, how many Jews go on rampages?

    lazerx
    lazerx
    8 years ago

    If he refuses to sell guns to loonies also, he might as well close down. The few normals who buy guns are not enough to keep the business profitable.

    REALIST
    REALIST
    8 years ago

    Can I issue a statement that my shul is Muslim-free?
    Then why can’t he claim to have a Muslim-free store?

    jason1974
    jason1974
    8 years ago

    He should of went in the direction of declaring his store ‘Isis/terrorist/anti-america’ free. Obviously it would be difficult to exclude anyone at that point as people don’t walk into gun stores waving Isis flags. Despite his patriotic intentions, he wrapped a religion around terrorism (which I’ve seen plenty of commenters do on this website) which is a problem. To his defense if you actually watched the full interview he insisted that he would never sell guns to the KKK or anyone of their ilk. The media has conveniently left this out of many articles.

    Rafuel
    Rafuel
    8 years ago

    He used to be open about his “Muslim-free zone” and now he may be forced to do the same surreptitiously. There are many ways to deny service to whoever he wishes in such way that the one denied will have absolutely no grounds to complain about kind of discrimination. Are we really better off when things we want done are done covertly?