Muslim Advocates demands removal of Cherokee Guns billboard

Press release from Muslim Advocates:

The following is a statement issued today from Muslim Advocates Public Advocacy Director Scott Simpson calling on Cherokee Guns in Murphy, North Carolina and Allison Outdoor Advertising to take down a billboard that invites gun violence against Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib – most of whom have received credible assassination threats. Muslim Advocates is encouraging supporters to send emails to Allison Outdoor Advertising and Cherokee Guns asking them to take the billboard down immediately:

“This billboard puts the lives of these congresswomen in immediate danger and needs to be taken down right away. It labels the four women as harbingers of the apocalypse and then invites people to purchase guns ‘1 mile [ahead] on right.’

These women have already received multiple, credible death threats inspired by similar rhetoric and attacks. Someone has already been charged for an assassination threat against Congresswoman Omar where the suspect said ‘I’ll put a bullet in her fucking skull’ and the assassination attempt that wounded Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was only a few years ago.

Much of the media is irresponsibly downplaying this deeply concerning billboard as ‘mocking.’ This is not a joke and it’s not an insult. This is encouraging gun violence against elected officials.

This is also an anti-Muslim attack. The owners of Cherokee Guns have a Facebook post advertising a similar bumper sticker that is rife with disgusting anti-Muslim slurs including a reference to ‘Infidels for Trump’ and an invitation for patrons to ‘eat a piece of bacon’ to receive the sticker.

Food festivals and houses of worship are being shot up by white nationalists and this billboard invites more violence. Allison Outdoor Advertising must take the billboard down and Cherokee Guns must stop its dangerous, anti-Muslim attacks before the worst happens.”

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3 thoughts on “Muslim Advocates demands removal of Cherokee Guns billboard

  1. Jack Summers

    I just heard a thing on the local npr station where this was discussed. Some pr person from Murphy said that this was not typical and that the last time Murphy made the national news it was for getting the record for having the most people singing “she’ll be coming around the mountain” accompanied by a live train whistle. Don’t know how I missed that. The last time I recall Murphy in the news it was when they captured Eric Rudolph and there was speculation that he had local help hiding out.

  2. Deborah

    Why is this man’s first amendment not protected the same as everybody else on Facebook, Twitter and social media outlets that have millions reading saying much worse? They don’t get taken down? The Muslims can say what they want about jihad and killing Christians and Omar talked about violence against the white man- did she get censored? No. Leave this man alone!

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