'Muslim-Free Zone': Gun-shop
owner wins case, Florida business gained national
attention after terror attack, by Bob Unruh, 11/16/15, WND
A lawsuit filed by a Muslim activist
organization against a Florida firearms retailer who posted a “Muslim Free
Zone” sign has been dismissed and the case ordered closed because the statement
was protected by the First Amendment and the activists couldn’t show they were
injured.
The decision
was released by U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom
in a case brought by a local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations against Florida Gun Supply, which was defended by officials with the American Freedom Law
Center.
AFLC Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi
said, “This dismissal was yet another AFLC victory against CAIR and its jihadi
lawfare against patriotic Americans across the country. This victory follows on
the heels of a recent victory against CAIR in a Michigan federal court where
CAIR’s subpoenas were quashed and CAIR’s nefarious client sanctioned for
abusive practices.”
He continued, “CAIR was born from a
jihadi terrorist conspiracy, and it has done little to distance itself from
those bona fides. CAIR is on notice: if you attempt to use the courts to
conduct your civilizational jihad, AFLC will be there to defend law-abiding,
patriotic Americans and our nation’s national security. We will match and
defeat your civilization jihad with our constitutional lawfare in every
courtroom across the nation.”
CAIR Florida had filed the action
against Florida Gun Supply in July after its owner declared in a YouTube video
his retail store is a “Muslim Free Zone.”
That followed the terrorist attack
in Chattanooga,Tennessee, where five service members were gunned down. At that
time, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, who was born in Kuwait, was accused of
killing four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy petty officer during a shooting
rampage. Abdulazeez also died.
Authorities are investigating the
suspect’s 2014 trip to the Middle East to determine if he had contact with any
extremists. CAIR claimed the statement was religious discrimination in
violation of Title II of the Civil Rights Act.
The store owner, Andy Hallinan,
explained he would refuse to equip the next Paris-type terrorist with dangerous
firearms. Consequently, pursuant to its official, written policy, Florida Gun
Supply will not serve “anyone who is either directly or indirectly associated
with terrorism in any way.”
AFLC reported, “Despite Hallinan’s
legitimate concerns about public safety – concerns which have been confirmed
most recently with the deadly terrorist attacks in France and the claims by
ISIS to engage in similar attacks here in the United States – CAIR Florida sued
Florida Gun Supply in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Florida, alleging religious discrimination.”
AFLC Co-Founder Robert Muise said,
“As our motion and now the court’s ruling make clear, CAIR’s lawsuit was
patently frivolous if not outright dangerous. No firearms dealer or gun range
owner for that matter should be required to sell weapons to or train anyone
that the dealer or owner has reason to believe is a terrorist threat. We all
have a civic responsibility to prevent the next terrorist attack. CAIR’s lawsuit was an
effort to prevent business owners from doing so.”
The court ruled that CAIR
“insufficiently alleged imminent harm. The complaint contains only bald,
conclusory allegations devoid of factual enhancement.”
The ruling continued, “There are
simply no facts grounding the assertion that [CAIR] and/or one of its
constituents will be harmed.” It also cited the First Amendment.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/muslim-free-zone-gun-shop-wins-case/
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