As a right-libertarian, I do believe in freedom-of-association, and just like Abercrombie can be a fat-free zone, The Gun Cave can be a Muslim-Free Zone.
However, from a moral point of view, this does not sell the Second Amendment, this doesn’t destroy stereotypes, this only gives the liberal media a chance to point their rotten finger and say, “You see? I told you they’re all a bunch bigoted racists.”
I know Muslim isn’t a race, but the liberal media won’t see it that way.
It is one thing to attack radical Islam, to shoot targets of terrorists at the range, to do Mohammed cartoons. But it’s something else banning an entire group of people from a place open to the public, it’s stereotyping we should hate because we have experienced it ourselves. Are we also not questioned for our desire to keep arms? Are we not discriminated against by every Gun-Free Zone sign? So how is a Muslim-Free Zone different? Are we not called ammosexuals by our enemies?
The Gun Cave should rename itself to The Gun Control Cave or The Constitution-Free Zone Range.
As BearingArms.com puts it:
While Morgan may have a valid concern than some Islamic terrorists may attempt to use firing ranges or gun shops to acquire weapons, it isn’t acceptable to ban an entire religion from service under our Constitution. The Constitution and Bill of Rights must apply equally to all of us, or they aren’t worth anything at all.
Source: http://bearingarms.com/oklahoma-beheading-isis-threats-arkansas-firing-range-become-first-exclude-muslims/
And let me add something, terrorists are not likely to use names like Mohammed or Osama when they go to the range, they’re not likely to dress like Muslims, and there are plenty of open areas where you can shoot a gun without paying a gun range for the privilege of shooting there. So there’s no reason to fear Muslims at the gun range. In fact, most terrorists are looking for unarmed environments where they can do the most damage before they die.
So to Jan of The Gun Cave, you don’t speak for me. I want all kinds of people embracing the 2nd Amendment, I want law-abiding Muslims to exercise their rights, I don’t want to create yet another anti-gun minority because people like you feel the need to get some publicity by banning Muslims.
If you want to piss off a liberal, do it with open carry, shoot the burglar that invades your home, renew your membership with the NRA, but don’t do it by discriminating against Muslims and giving the Bloombergs and Soroses the ammunition they need to destroy our freedoms.
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Gregory Smith