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Florida Gun Store Sets Up A 'Muslim-Free Zone' After Chattanooga Shooting

Florida Gun Store Sets Up A 'Muslim-Free Zone' After Chattanooga Shooting
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The owner of a gun store in Florida is responding to last week's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which killed five service members, by declaring his store a "Muslim-free zone." Andy Hallinan, the owner of Florida Gun Supply, said in an online video that he has a "moral and legal responsibility" to protect "all patriots." 

"I will not arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriot," Hallinan said.

But does such a ban have any legal precedent? In the video above, Hassan Shibly, the executive director of the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, explains to HuffPost Live's Alyona Minkovski why his organization is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the legality of the ban, which he considers hypocritical.

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Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan is seen in a photo posted to his Facebook page. (credit:Thomas Sullivan/Facebook)
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Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan is seen in a photo posted on Facebook. Sullivan was one of four service members killed during a shooting in Chattanooga on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (credit:Indian Battery 3rd Battalion 12th Marines/Facebook)
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An image of David Wyatt who was killed along with three other marines in the Chattanooga shooting on Thursday, July 16, 2015. (credit:Lorri Wyatt/Facebook)
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