Texas Gun Ad Under Fire for Disparaging Arabs, Muslims, and Liberals

Crockett Keller takes heat for radio spot

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A well-armed crackpot in Mason, Texas, named Crockett Keller is taking some heat for a radio ad promoting his concealed-handguns course with this exclusionary proviso: "If you are a non-Christian Arab or Muslim, I will not teach you the class." It's shocking, but true. People in Texas enjoy their guns! Crockett also takes a shot—figuratively, thank goodness—at President Obama and his supporters: "If you are a socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner-in-chief, please do not take this class.

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