Southwest Shooting Authority, a gun store in Pinetop, took out a full page ad in the White Mountain Independent to protest Obama’s reelection. The ad for the gun store, which was published on November 9, reads, “If you voted for Barack Obama, your business is NOT WELCOME at Southwest Shooting Authority. You have proven you are not responsible enough to own a firearm.”
Southwest Shooting Authority of Arizona sells and services firearms, ammunition and related accessories. It is locally owned and operated by Cope Reynolds.
According to their website, “Men, women, children, young, old, new or experienced shooters can benefit from professional firearms training,” but that apparently does not extend to Obama supporters.
Reynolds told the Huffington Post, that the ad had “little to do with gun control. It is about the direction that this country is going and the direction it’s been going for the last four years, and I feel like the people that voted for him are by and large the ones that are on the many entitlements and free stuff that they’ve been getting. If someone really believes that this country can get any stronger and do any better under the leadership of Barack Obama, then I don’t feel like they’re responsible enough to own a gun.”
Huffington reports that one person made the five-hour drive from Tucson to his shop in order “to shake our hand, get a picture,” before returning home.