A Florida gun shop owner declared his place of business a “Muslim Free Zone.”

Naturally, a few on the left freaked out, calling the actions blatant racism and this and that.

Andrew Hallinan was actually sued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who cited discrimination as their reason.

Here’s the video he sent out that led to him being sued…

From Federalist Papers:

However, Hallinan had the last laugh…

“We are in battle, patriots, but not only with Islamic extremism,” he said. “We’re also in battle against extreme political correctness that threatens our lives, because if we can’t call evil, evil for fear of offending people, then we can’t really defeat our enemies.”

But last week, U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom ruled that Hallinan was fully within his First Amendment rights to make the statement, BizPacReview is reporting. The judge wrote:

“The general desire of [CAIR] in this case to have Muslims able to access [Florida Gun Supply’s] shooting range someday in the future is insufficient . . . There are simply no facts grounding the assertion that [CAIR] and/or one of its constituents will be harmed—[CAIR] has failed to allege when and in what manner the alleged injuries are going to occur,” the court ruled.

Here’s a statement from the American Freedom Law Center, which defended Hallinan…

“As our motion and now the court’s ruling make clear, CAIR’s lawsuit was patently frivolous if not outright dangerous. No firearms dealer or gun range owner for that matter should be required to sell weapons to or train anyone that the dealer or owner has reason to believe is a terrorist threat. We all have a civic responsibility to prevent the next terrorist attack. CAIR’s lawsuit was an effort to prevent business owners from doing so,” AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel Robert Muise said in the statement.

“This dismissal was yet another AFLC victory against CAIR and its jihadi lawfare against patriotic Americans across the country. This victory follows on the heels of a recent victory against CAIR in a Michigan federal court where CAIR’s subpoenas were quashed and CAIR’s nefarious client sanctioned for abusive practices,” AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi added. “CAIR was born from a jihadi terrorist conspiracy, and it has done little to distance itself from those bona fides. CAIR is on notice: if you attempt to use the courts to conduct your civilizational jihad, AFLC will be there to defend law-abiding, patriotic Americans and our nation’s national security. We will match and defeat your civilization jihad with our constitutional lawfare in every courtroom across the nation.”

What do we all think of this?

Was the lawsuit by CAIR justified, or was Hallinan out of line to begin with?

Ultimately, freedom of speech must always win out, and as a business owner Hallinan has the right to refuse service to anyone.