The Liberal Gun Club Forum

The group, the Bureau of American Islamic Relations, or BAIR, has made it a habit in the past to show up at mosques with firearms and intimidate worshipers. In November, armed protesters stalked Muslims in Irving. In December, they again stalked Muslims at the Islamic Association of North Texas.

But on Saturday, the group that makes a show of carrying guns while they surround places of worship was met in-kind at a Nation of Islam mosque in South Dallas, the Dallas Morning News reports.

“This is an armed defense maneuver, making sure that our communities are safe and secure from any insurgents coming in,” Krystal Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party told Fox4 last week. Muhammad was armed with a large shotgun. “We won’t allow anybody to come in and try to intimidate our brothers and sisters.”

SilasSoule wrote:That is the only language that bullies understand. They picked the wrong mosque to try to intimidate. In this kind of situation, I think I'd make an exception and say that group open carry is justifiable. On the other hand, if there was enough press coverage of the armed group showing up to intimidate people at mosques, you could argue that they are making themselves look so bad that its better to give them as much rope as they want and just stay out of the picture.

Simmer down wrote:Long guns have been allowed to be carried openly for a long time. It just wasn't done for sport until recently.