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State-Certified Handgun Instructor In Texas Refuses To Teach Muslims, Obama Supporters
By Alex Seitz-Wald posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Oct 29, 2011 at 10:00 am
Crockett Keller, a state-certified gun safety instructor in Texas, wants to help you get a concealed handgun lesson — that is, unless you’re Muslim or liberal. “If you are a non-Christian Arab or Muslim, I will not teach you the class with no shame,” he says in a controversial new radio playing around Mason, TX, where Keller owns a gun store. “If you are a socialist liberal and or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision as under the law,” he added. In an interview with a local ABC affiliate, Keller made it clear he was serious: “I will give up my license to teach before I will teach them.”
“I consider all Muslims our enemies, no matter how nice they are,” Keller said. “I could not trust one and I, as an instructor, am not going to teach one how to shoot a gun and aid him in getting a license.”
As a growing number of states rush to gun regulations and make concealed handgun licenses easier to obtain, Keller’s cases raises questions about who’s training this influx of new people owning and carrying firearms.
As the Southern Poverty Law Center’s HateWatch blog noted, “It’s not clear whether this type of discrimination is lawful,” as business owners have considerable discretion in whom they serve. The Texas Department of Public Safety, which certifies individuals to teach concealed handgun lessons, said discrimination puts instructors’ certification at risk of “suspension or revocation,” but that they need a formal complaint with evidence before they can act.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/29/356380/texas-gun-instructor-muslims/
State-Certified Handgun Instructor In Texas Refuses To Teach Muslims, Obama Supporters
By Alex Seitz-Wald posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Oct 29, 2011 at 10:00 am
Crockett Keller, a state-certified gun safety instructor in Texas, wants to help you get a concealed handgun lesson — that is, unless you’re Muslim or liberal. “If you are a non-Christian Arab or Muslim, I will not teach you the class with no shame,” he says in a controversial new radio playing around Mason, TX, where Keller owns a gun store. “If you are a socialist liberal and or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision as under the law,” he added. In an interview with a local ABC affiliate, Keller made it clear he was serious: “I will give up my license to teach before I will teach them.”
“I consider all Muslims our enemies, no matter how nice they are,” Keller said. “I could not trust one and I, as an instructor, am not going to teach one how to shoot a gun and aid him in getting a license.”
As a growing number of states rush to gun regulations and make concealed handgun licenses easier to obtain, Keller’s cases raises questions about who’s training this influx of new people owning and carrying firearms.
As the Southern Poverty Law Center’s HateWatch blog noted, “It’s not clear whether this type of discrimination is lawful,” as business owners have considerable discretion in whom they serve. The Texas Department of Public Safety, which certifies individuals to teach concealed handgun lessons, said discrimination puts instructors’ certification at risk of “suspension or revocation,” but that they need a formal complaint with evidence before they can act.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/29/356380/texas-gun-instructor-muslims/
