“What if there were a group of Muslim open carry advocates who called themselves ‘Sword of the Prophet’ and whose avowed mission was to bring Sharia law to the U.S., and they took to showing up armed and in large numbers outside of churches on Sunday, the way the [Open Carry] guys do at the state house.

“That’s the question writer and gun owner Jon Stokes asked in this piece at Alloutdoor.com.”

The rest of the commentary by Heather Digby Parton on Salon.com is here.

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