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Do business owners have the right to run their businesses how they like as long as they are ethical in their practice? I would say yes. They have the right to open their business to whoever they like and discriminate against whoever they like. Jan Morgan has recently declared her gun range in Hot Springs, Arkansas, aptly titled The Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range, to be a "Muslim Free Zone."
People have argued over whether Ms. Morgan has this right. I would say that she most certainly does. It's her business and there are two things at work here.
First, people will flock to her business that are pro-Second Amendment and who think the Muslim ideology is anti-American and anti-Christian (which it is both).
Second, those that disagree with her position will make it known by not coming to her place of business. I'm all for that too.
People are free to make that decision, just as Morgan is free to make her business decision.
So what are Morgan's reasons for not allowing Muslims? According to her post, "In the range, people are shooting guns in close proximity to each other, so my patrons depend on me and my discretion regarding who I allow to shoot beside them. One mistake in judgement (sic) on my part could cost innocent people their lives."
I'd say that is simply being prudent, wouldn't you? Could non-Muslims engage in similar behavior and start shooting fellow patrons? Absolutely. However, other patrons are not told to murder those they do not believe as they do in their religious doctrine. Not knowing when a Muslim will go jihad on fellow gun owners is a serious issue and it seems to me that Morgan has the right idea of being preventative, rather than reactionary.
She also provided a list of reasons why she doesn't want the followers of Mohamed to shoot at her range:
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