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SecularMotion

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Sat Feb 20, 2016, 07:08 AM Feb 2016

An Oklahoma gun range wouldn't let an Army reservist shoot there because he's Muslim

The man who walked into an Oklahoma gun range was a former officer with a campus police department, and an Army reservist. But once he mentioned to the gun range owners he was Muslim, Raja'ee Fatihah was accused of waging jihad and planning murder, then asked to leave.

The Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, had posted a sign outside: "This privately owned business is a MUSLIM FREE establishment."

Fatihah has now sued. According to his lawsuit, when he first walked into the gun range he was only asked to fill out a liability waiver in order to shoot. But once he mentioned his religion, the shop owners, Nicole and Chad Neal, became hostile.

They "armed themselves with handguns" and refused to allow Fatihah to use the range, according to court documents. They asked him "if he was at the gun range to commit an act of violence or as part of a 'jihad.'" Then the Neals accused Fatihah of plotting to murder them, as required by "your shariah law," according to the lawsuit.

http://www.vox.com/2016/2/19/11059650/muslim-free-gun-range-lawsuit
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An Oklahoma gun range wouldn't let an Army reservist shoot there because he's Muslim (Original Post) SecularMotion Feb 2016 OP
I hope he cleans their clock! lastlib Feb 2016 #1
Aren't we supposed to hate gun ranges? ileus Feb 2016 #2
For gun rights, unless they're Muslim CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 #3
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