When I first saw this headline I though it must be from the Onion, but no. The notorious vigilante killer George Zimmerman has a new job at a 'Muslim-Free' gun shop and a new hobby painting Confederate flags. But its sure nice to know he's NOT a racist.
'Muslim-Free' Gun Store Now Selling George Zimmerman's Confederate Flag PaintingsIt's totally not about race, though.
By Hilary Hanson
George Zimmerman, who rose to national notoriety in 2012 after shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, is now selling prints of a Confederate flag painting, in part to benefit a Florida gun store owner who is facing a lawsuit after declaring his business
The prints -- copies of an original work hand-painted by Zimmerman -- are available for about $50 each at Florida Gun Supply in the city of Inverness. Andy Hallinan, the store’s owner, declared his store a “Muslim-free” zone in a July YouTube video, on the grounds that he did not want to “arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriots.”
The painting is emblazoned with the words “The 2nd protects our 1st" -- a reference to both the Bill of Rights and the way Zimmerman changed his painting from an American flag to a Confederate flag.
The FAQ is emphatic about how the Confederate flag is not "a symbol of racism," arguing that “you cannot assume everyone who flies a Confederate Flag is racist in the same way that you cannot judge every Muslim to be a terrorist” -- a line of reasoning that doesn't quite explain why Hallinan has declared his business a Muslim-free zone.Here's the "Muslim-Free" gun shop's owners along with a Fox News clip of Ted Nugent's warning to America about what a "bad man" Barack Obama is, and a defense of George Zimmerman's killing of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is interviewed in the video.