A Florida tattoo shop is under intense fire for banning military and law enforcement members from using its services.
The drama started on Tuesday when Revival Tattoo Collective published a post to Facebook attacking military and law enforcement members.
“People all in their feelings because I expressed my opinion of the military and law enforcement,” the post read. “My opinion is that the military is a bunch of war criminals, and law enforcement kills babies and unarmed citizens in the street. If you don’t like my opinion, cool, but you’re not going to change it.”
“Call me short, post records from 20 years ago, threaten the health dept, use homophobic slurs. That only proves my point and shows the true character of our military. Thanks for showing your true colors,” it continued.
The end of the post included a warning for those who “are ex-military or currently serving” to not “come to the shop.”
“You will be turned away,” the post read.
I am beyond disgusted to see the discriminatory treatment of our law-enforcement and first responders from a tattoo shop in Largo. It’s a real shame that people choose to act like this and then hide behind the very people that protect them when stuff hits the fan. pic.twitter.com/zm0N9mQl1a
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 25, 2026
In addition to posting this foul message, the author of the post went on to attack military and law enforcement members who dared to dissent in the post’s comments section.
“Good talk everyone,” they wrote in one sarcastic message to the repliers. “I love you all for expressing how you feel about a civilian you’ve never met stating an opinion. Great folks we have in the military for sure 
Good job guys 
.”
“Keep showing up and let everyone know. I’ve been sharing the screenshots just like you all 
screw your service ,” they added.
According to Fox News, the tattoo parlor was founded by Brady Martinson. It’s not yet clear if Martinson was the one behind the nasty Facebook posts.
Owner is Brady Martinson. Make him famous. pic.twitter.com/OokavXP5E4
— Erikaaa (@ErikaCA47) June 25, 2026
Critics replied to the shop’s post by trying to teach the poster a lesson in maturity.
“This kind of thinking is disappointing and immature,” one critic explained. “Judging an entire group by the actions of a few is the same type of prejudice I’m sure you claim to oppose. (IE: Against a race, the lgbtq community, etc…) There are good and bad people in every profession and every walk of life.”
“I’ve served alongside people of every background imaginable and some of the most selfless, compassionate individuals I’ve met wear a uniform. Reducing millions of military members and law enforcement officers to the worst examples among them isn’t being ‘woke’ or smart — it’s just bias,” they added.
One of the shop’s own artists, an Air Force veteran named Ashlyn, reportedly quit because of the parlor’s disgusting post:
The Revival Tattoo Collective plot thickens. Tattoo artist Ashlyn, who is an Air Force veteran, made a post on her TikTok stating she no longer works at Revival.
Given the owner’s stance on veterans, I wouldn’t want to work there either. Take your business to her instead. pic.twitter.com/M2Yfs0ddrl— Dizzy Bee (@DizzyBee43) June 26, 2026
The shop is now getting destroyed in its reviews, be they Facebook reviews, Google reviews, Yelp reviews, etc. The top review on Yelp was published on Thursday.
“I went to get a tattoo from this place recently, and the line work and shading were so bad that I requested a discount for a permanent, subpar job, and they told me to ‘go **** myself,’” the review reads. “I’ve gotten plenty of tattoos in the past, and I’ve never experienced such a hostile work environment, especially when I was being polite about the whole thing.”
“On top of that, this place thinks that the people who defend our country are a bunch of baby killers, according to a public post they made recently that triggered my poor experience at this shop. If you value quality tattoos and wanna avoid being the lucky person to not get botched by a total A-hole, you’d be better off going somewhere else,” it continued.
