Where not to buy your guns and ammo

According to a recent column in The Arizona Republic, a guy named Cope Reynolds owns a gun shop in Pinetop called Southwest Shooting Authority.  Following the election he posted a sign at the store that reads: "If you voted for Barack Obama, your business is not welcome."

In the column, Reynolds refers to the majority of Americans as "dimwits" who should know that the president is a "militant Islamist spy out to destroy the United States."  He said a bunch of other crap as well, but you get his drift.

We suspect few Rim Country residents stock their armories at a Pinetop gun shop, but we do think something needs to be said about this exercise of bigotry and stupidity in our own backyard.  Reynolds' ignorance needs to be exposed for his neighbors to see.

And while he says business is booming as a result of his position, we would remind Reynolds that only 47 percent of the country agrees with him and that number is getting smaller by the day.  The end is at hand according to some Republican diehards.  Let's hope the Southwest Shooting Authority is among the earliest casualties.

People like Cope Reynolds are the real problem with America.