INVERNESS, Fla. — The Florida gun shop owner who publicly declared that his business was a "Muslim-free zone" is back in the news again – this time for selling targets featuring pictures of prominent Democrats' faces.
Andy Hallinan, owner of Florida Gun Supply, uploaded a video to his YouTube channel to announce that his Bernie Sanders, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton targets are now for sale for $4.99 each on bernietargets.com.
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‘Muslim-free gun shop’ now selling targets with Bernie, Obama and Hillary pictures on them https://t.co/vyhdmPNwlQ pic.twitter.com/BbVDGjkvWY
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 31, 2016
In the video, Hallinan says he had just gotten out of seven days of "Facebook jail," allegedly caused by Sanders supporters who were unhappy he'd covered up a car's "Bernie 2016" bumper stickers with a "Muslim Free Zone" sticker.
In a previous video introducing the targets, Hallinan said, "This is actually exercising our First Amendment right. We are allowed to have targets that look like a president or presidential campaigner as long as you don't have a credible threat on their life. So I'm in no way saying we should ever do harm to any presidential candidate."
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Anti-Muslim Florida gun shop put a bull's-eye on Sanders, Clinton, and @POTUS Obama https://t.co/kULcWLo4SF pic.twitter.com/mX8eR7dN6w
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 31, 2016
Anti-Muslim Florida gun shop put a bull's-eye on Sanders, Clinton, and @POTUS Obama https://t.co/kULcWLo4SF pic.twitter.com/mX8eR7dN6w
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 31, 2016
Anti-Muslim Florida gun shop put a bull's-eye on Sanders, Clinton, and @POTUS Obama https://t.co/kULcWLo4SF pic.twitter.com/mX8eR7dN6w
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 31, 2016
The store responded in a Facebook post Tuesday.
"This art is not to incite violence – but rather to inspire ALL of America to gain a better understanding of how strong our 1st amendment rights are – even if they are unpopular," the post said.
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Look at the comments on this page. Comment below with why you think that die-hard liberals can't understand that freedom...
Posted by Florida Gun Supply on Tuesday, May 31, 2016
– The Cox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report.
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