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In what can best be described as a match made in clickbait Heaven, the Florida gun store owner who wanted make his establishment a Muslim-free zone is teaming up with Trayvon Martins killer, George Zimmerman, to sell prints of the Confederate flag with the words the 2nd protects the first on it.

According to Zimmerman, that caption is a double entendre, because the first flag I painted on this canvas was an American flag, but I decided to repaint over it with the Confederate Flag when I heard [Florida Gun Supply owner] Andy Hallinan was getting sued by [the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The second flag I painted was the Battle Flag [of the Confederacy] which we need in America in order to protect the first.

He added that it also means that the Second Amendment protects the First Amendment, because thats the kind of deeply veiled artistic statement the average person wouldnt be able to suss out on their own.

Zimmerman decided to partner with Hallinan after he read about the backlash to a video the gun shop owner posted in which he claimed, among other things, that the core tenets [of the Islamic faith] is to establish a one-world order and do so by violent acts and that political correctness has become overly extreme here in the United States, and causing loss of life that we could prevent if we looked at Islam for what it is.

In the (Original) Mini-Documentary produced by Florida Gun Supply, Hallinan and Zimmerman stroll along an elevated walkway like young lovers with a shared passion for imagined oppression. I didnt want to see Hallinan give up the fight simply for financial reasons, Zimmerman said. CAIR possesses endless resources, they have tons of money I just wanted to do my part.

I will do for you what the American people did for me, he added, referring to the rash of donations that followed his killing of Trayvon Martin. The prints will be sold for $50 a piece, and one lucky person will receive a copy of the painting itself, which could be worth up to $100,000.

We certainly appreciate our supporters helping to advance the cause, Zimmerman told Hallinan, though he didnt specify what precisely that cause was. We appreciate our supporters helping us see this fight through to the end.

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George Zimmerman, who rose to national notoriety in 2012 after shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, is nowselling prints of a Confederate flag painting, in part to benefit a Florida gun store owner who is facing a lawsuit after declaring his business Muslim-free.

The prints -- copies of an original work hand-painted by Zimmerman -- are available for about $50 eachat Florida Gun Supply in the city of Inverness. Andy Hallinan, the stores owner, declared his store a Muslim-free zone in a July YouTube video, on the grounds that he did not want to arm and train those who wish to do harm to my fellow patriots.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations subsequently filed a lawsuit against Hallinan, WFLA reports.

Zimmerman had initially set out to paint an American flag, but after hearing about that lawsuit, he decided to scrap the original American Flag painting and repaint it with a Confederate (Battle) Flag, according to an FAQ sectionabout the painting on the Florida Gun Supply site.

The painting is emblazoned with the words The 2nd protects our 1st" -- a reference to both the Bill of Rights and the way Zimmerman changed his painting from an American flag to a Confederate flag.

"You cannot have the 1st amendment without the 2nd,and you cannot have the American Flag if you remove the Battle Flag," the FAQ reads -- evidently a nod toward the idea that the rights represented by the American flag, like free speech, protect the rights of citizens to display the Confederate battle flag.

The FAQ says that proceeds from the prints will be split between Zimmerman and Hallinan to support their legal funds, living expenses and advancing their mission to change the country, and that the men will donate an unspecified percentage to the Boys &Girls Club. Everyone who buys a print will also be entered into a raffle to win the original painting, which the site says could be worth up to $100,000.

An earlier Zimmerman painting of an American flag did indeed sell forabout that muchin 2013.

The FAQ is emphatic about how the Confederate flag is not "a symbol of racism," arguing that you cannot assume everyone who flies a Confederate Flag is racist in the same way that you cannot judge every Muslim to be a terrorist -- a line of reasoning that doesn't quite explain why Hallinan has declared his business a Muslim-free zone.

The site also includes a 10-minute video of Hallinan mostly criticizing the mainstream media, which you can watch below.

Contact the author of this article atHilary.Hanson@huffingtonpost.com.

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Andy Hallinan (left) the owner of Florida Gun Supply, and George Zimmerman, who is selling prints of his painting of a Confederate flag at Hallinan's gun store.

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INVERNESS, Fla. -A gun store declared "Muslim-free" in July is selling signed prints of the Confederate flag painted by George Zimmerman, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.

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In a 10-minute long video posted on the store's website, Hallinan discusses the sale with Zimmerman, who said he decided to donate the paintings after hearing about the lawsuit against Hallinan. Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 after shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and a national debate about race relations.

According to the website, the painting was originally an American flag, but Zimmerman decided to repaint it as a Confederate flag when he heard about the lawsuit.

The duo said they will split the proceeds to support their legal funds, living expenses and "advancing their mission to change the country."

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After the owner of a Florida gun store came under scrutiny for declaring his shop a "Muslim-free zone," George Zimmerman decided to help the store with a fundraiser selling Confederate flag prints.

Andrew Hallinan, the owner of Florida Gun Supply, announced the fundraiser in a Monday video. He said that both the Confederate flag and George Zimmerman were "mistreated" by the media, though he acknowledged that the Confederate battle flag has been used by racists.

"The history of the Confederate flag is not one about racism, but I fully agree that there have been groups that use the flag for racial profiling and inciting hatred. I fully condemn the use of the Confederate flag for anything other than heritage and Southern pride," Hallinan said.

He added that a "cultural cleansing" has begun in the U.S., and that he feels he needs to protect the Confederate flag.

According to the Florida Gun Supply website, Zimmerman painted a Confederate flag with a caption about the First and Second Amendments in an attempt to help defend Hallinan.

"The caption, the second protects the first is a double entendre, Zimmerman told Florida Gun Supply. "The 2nd flag I painted was the Battle Flag which we need in America in order to protect the first."

The prints will be sold to fundraise for Zimmerman and Hallinan, who has been sued by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Anyone who buys one of the prints will be entered into a raffle to win the original painting by Zimmerman, according to the gun shop's website.

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By Jessica Eggert2015-08-18 20:36:01 UTC

In a bromance of epic proportions, George Zimmerman, the infamous night watchman who killed Trayvon Martin, has teamed up with Andy Hallinan, the the owner of a Florida gun shop that banned Muslims, in a bid to sell a Zimmerman-produced painting of the Confederate flag.

The unlikely duo became friends after Hallinan declared his shop, Florida Gun Supply, a "Muslim-free zone" and faced wide derision in the media. When the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced it would sue Hallinan for discriminating against Muslims, Zimmerman called Hallinan and offered him his support.

And so a plan was hatched: The two would sell $50 prints of a Zimmerman-produced painting of the Confederate flag painted over the American flag no less and be entered into a chance to win the original version, which they estimate to be worth at least $100,000.

"I didn't want to see you give up the fight simply for financial reasons," said Zimmerman in a "mini-documentary" announcing the partnership, adding that it was the anonymous donations by hundreds of Americans that helped fuel his own legal battle after he shot and killed Martin.

CAIR is suing you and they have endless resources, they have tons of money and I just wanted to do my part," he says in the video, which features the two walking along a nature path, talking about their friendship and laughing while Zimmerman smokes a cigar.

Zimmerman says the Confederate flag painting was done in honor of Andy. It includes a caption "The 2nd protects the 1st" which Zimmerman describes as a double entendre: The Confederate battle flag protects the American flag and the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, protects the first, the right to free speech.

On Twitter, he added that he painted the Confederate flag over the American one "because I believe that anything can stand with the American flag behind it."

"We have to take action, patriots," says Hallinan. "If you want to see our message spread, please visit georgenandy.com and show your support by purchasing one of our prints."

The two said they would split the proceeds to support their various legal funds, living expenses and advancing their mission to change the country. In the documentary, the two also said that a portion of the proceeds would go to the Boys & Girls Club to benefit what Hallinan said is a generation that will be lost if we dont do whats right.

One day after the video was posted, Hallinan told Mashable that they would no longer be donating any money to the organization.

"It seems we won't be able to donate to the Boys & Girls Club," he wrote. "They emailed me all pissed off for associating their name. We were just trying to do a nice thing for them. We'll pick another cause to donate to."

The Boys & Girls Club confirmed that they don't want anything to do with the Florida gun shop owner's fundraiser, telling Mashable in a statement, "Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and its local affiliates have no knowledge of this plan, were not approached about and did not approve the use of their name, and have issued a cease-and-desist order to the owner."

Hallinan drew national media attention when he announced that his gun shop in Florida would refuse to serve Muslims after a man shot and killed four U.S. Marines and one Navy sailor in July in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations sued Hallinan and asked the court to prohibit Florida Gun Supply from discriminating against people on the basis of religion.

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