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Title: Obama Voters, Muslims Need Not Apply For Texas Gun Course
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REUTERS
URL Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ ... ibune+news+-+Nation%2FWorld%29
Published: Oct 28, 2011
Author: REUTERS
Post Date: 2011-10-28 19:09:39 by Brian S
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SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A central Texas gun dealer ran radio ads advising "Socialist" liberals, those who voted for President Barack Obama, Arabs and Muslims that they need not apply for his concealed gun license class.
Crockett Keller, who owns Keller's Riverside Store, ran the ads on the radio station in his rural hometown of Mason, Texas, which is 120 miles west of the state capital of Austin.
"If you are a Socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class," Keller said in the ad. "You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision as required under the law."
"Also, if you are a non-Christian Arab, or Muslim, I will not teach you the class," Keller said in the radio ad.
Keller said he is simply exercising his freedom to teach concealed handgun license classes to whomever he wants. He said he has received "hundreds" of calls from Americans who support his stance.
"I should have had the class next week instead of this week, I could have had 500 people in it," Keller said on Friday.
He said he was not joking when he put the lines about socialists in his commercial, because he knows some socialist liberals and did not want them to enroll in the class.
"I didn't want them to show up and have to tell them no," he said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the concealed carry program, and licenses instructors, said in a statement that "certified instructors are required to comply with all applicable state and federal statutes, and conduct by an instructor that denied service to individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion would place that instructor's certification at risk."
The department said it had begun an investigation into the matter, and would "take appropriate administrative action based on the findings of from the investigation."
Adults in Texas are allowed to carry concealed weapons if they have completed a class such as the one Keller teaches.
Keller wrapped up his radio by saying: "With no shame, I'm Crockett Keller. Thank you, and may God bless."
(Editing by Greg McCune) Subscribe to *Armageddonites On Parade*
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A central Texas gun dealer ran radio ads advising "Socialist" liberals, those who voted for President Barack Obama, Arabs and Muslims that they need not apply for his concealed gun license class.
Isn't the 1st Amendment a wonderful thing?
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#2. To: TexasS Department Of Public Safety Have Begun An Investigation, ALL (#0)
Texas’s Department of Public Safety might disagree and have begun an investigation on Keller. According to their laws, restricting someone of handgun training due to race, ethnicity or religion could result in the instructor’s license being suspended or taken away.
Keller is not likely to back down and has told media that he will risk giving up his license before being forced to teach.
http://www.collegenews.com/article/texan_crockett_keller_refuses_service_to_certain_groups
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
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