This should be popular here.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/muslim-free-arkansas-shooting-range-turns-away-brown-skinned-father-son-duo/
QuoteA father and son say they were turned away from a "Muslim-free" Arkansas shooting range because they are brown-skinned.
The duo, who are not Muslim but are South Asian, said they were questioned about their religion and background while filling out paperwork at the Gun Cave in Hot Springs, reported the Arkansas Times.
The men told a woman at the counter they were from Hot Springs, and she informed them the business was "a Muslim-free shooting range," and if they didn't like that rule they should leave.
The younger man told the newspaper that they were not Muslim, but his father asked about the ban and they discussed the rule.
"Then, all of a sudden, I don't know what went wrong, but she stopped us from filling out the paperwork and said, 'I don't think you guys should be here,'" the younger man said. "She told us to leave or she'd call the cops on us."
The men decided to leave to avoid additional trouble, he said.
"We're brown — I don't know if she assumed we were Muslim," said the younger man, who asked to keep his name out of the newspaper. "When she first asked us, she said, 'I would hope if you were Muslim you guys wouldn't be cowards and would be up front about it.'"
The man said he was born in the U.S. and lived in Hot Springs for 10 years, and he and his father had gone to the shooting range to enjoy "guy time" before he went off to college elsewhere in the state.
He said the shooting range had changed owners since then, and current owner Jan Morgan claims she has thoroughly studied the Quran and found "109 verses commanding hate, murder and terror against all human beings who refuse to submit or convert to Islam."
"Since I have no way of discerning which Muslims will or will not kill in the name of their religion and the commands in their (Quran), I choose to err on the side of caution for the safety of my patrons," Morgan posted on her website.
The newspaper said a call to the gun shop seeking comment was "rewarded with a swift hangup."
:lol:
God Bless America!
They should have applied at a more liberal and all-embracing institution, like a golf club.
Well, at least he didn't welcome them in, then direct them to the wrong end of the range ... :P
We have several brown-skinned members in my rifle & pistol club :)
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 10:51:20 AM
We have several brown-skinned members in my rifle & pistol club :)
SEKRET MOOSELIMBS!
I thought the thread title was a NRA aspiration to describe all of America.
Quote from: mongers on January 14, 2015, 10:55:32 AM
I thought the thread title was a NRA aspiration to describe all of America.
00.25/10
Quote from: Malthus on January 14, 2015, 10:45:32 AM
Well, at least he didn't welcome them in, then direct them to the wrong end of the range ... :P
Brilliant!
Quote from: Malthus on January 14, 2015, 10:45:32 AM
Well, at least he didn't welcome them in, then direct them to the wrong end of the range ... :P
The owner is a woman. :P
"No Muslims were hurt at this range"?
Remembers me of this friend of mine - who's a bearded and dark-skinned Spaniard - that received a visit from the NYPD because a neighbor thought he was a muslim doing "strange stuff" (he works in film production and moves a lot of film equipment around), and called the police.
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 10:51:20 AM
We have several brown-skinned members in my rifle & pistol club :)
Custodial help doesn't count, man.
Quote from: celedhring on January 14, 2015, 03:46:00 PM
Remembers me of this friend of mine - who's a bearded and dark-skinned Spaniard - that received a visit from the NYPD because a neighbor thought he was a muslim doing "strange stuff" (he works in film production and moves a lot of film equipment around), and called the police.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 10:51:20 AM
We have several brown-skinned members in my rifle & pistol club :)
Come on, are you gonna tell me you cannot tell good brown from bad brown?
Boner is the expert on that subject.
Siegy doesn't believe in free range Muslims.
I guess this is organized as a private club to avoid discrimination laws.
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 03:54:25 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 14, 2015, 03:46:00 PM
Remembers me of this friend of mine - who's a bearded and dark-skinned Spaniard - that received a visit from the NYPD because a neighbor thought he was a muslim doing "strange stuff" (he works in film production and moves a lot of film equipment around), and called the police.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Aye, that's the result of fueling people's paranoia I guess. That campaign was everywhere when I lived there.
Quote from: celedhring on January 14, 2015, 05:01:17 PM
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 03:54:25 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 14, 2015, 03:46:00 PM
Remembers me of this friend of mine - who's a bearded and dark-skinned Spaniard - that received a visit from the NYPD because a neighbor thought he was a muslim doing "strange stuff" (he works in film production and moves a lot of film equipment around), and called the police.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Aye, that's the result of fueling people's paranoia I guess. That campaign was everywhere when I lived there.
It still is though it has taken quite a beaten with the stats suggesting that it drove up costs / took up time of first responders without really causing any drop in crime (or helping to prevent incidents).
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2015, 03:54:25 PM
Quote from: celedhring on January 14, 2015, 03:46:00 PM
Remembers me of this friend of mine - who's a bearded and dark-skinned Spaniard - that received a visit from the NYPD because a neighbor thought he was a muslim doing "strange stuff" (he works in film production and moves a lot of film equipment around), and called the police.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING
Every November I see strangely dressed men walking around the woods with guns in November. Often they seem to wear some weird combination of army camouflage and Highway maintenance bright orange. I report it, but nobody cares. :(
Quote from: Razgovory on January 14, 2015, 04:47:35 PM
I guess this is organized as a private club to avoid discrimination laws.
I'd assume so. Be funny if it's not, and the owner gets sued.
What are you supposed to do with this case if you're a smug America-hating Euro? While you definitely love stories that show how racist Americans are, wouldn't you also like the idea of private citizens not being permitted to fire their guns? :hmm: I'm just glad I'm not in this position. :)
MAH KORAN
Quote from: Caliga on January 14, 2015, 07:27:39 PM
What are you supposed to do with this case if you're a smug America-hating Euro? While you definitely love stories that show how racist Americans are, wouldn't you also like the idea of private citizens not being permitted to fire their guns? :hmm: I'm just glad I'm not in this position. :)
I don't really think about it, I just keep hating America (especially Alaska). :)