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Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club
Named afterJohn Brown (abolitionist)
FormationMay 9, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-09)[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club (PSJBGC) is a Puget Sound Area gun club, formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt, that now bills itself as an independent John Brown Gun Club.[a] In 2020, the group came to national attention during the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone protest in Seattle. Members were reported on June 9 as carrying rifles in the Zone.[3][4] On June 12, The Washington Post reported that PSJBGC was on site but with no weapons visible.[5] A conservative KTTH Seattle radio show host claimed that the group had on Twitter "vaguely threaten[ed] to harm police officers" there.[6]

The club calls itself an "anti-fascist, anti-racist, pro-worker community defense organization". The Guardian has called it an "anti-fascist armed leftist group" that "provide[s] security against rightwing aggression".[7]

Willem van Spronsen, a former member of the club, attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Tacoma with incendiary devices in July 2019 while armed with an AR-15 rifle. He was killed in the attack.[8][9] Following the attack, Tucker Carlson used an appearance with the Puget Sound group by W. Kamau Bell in the CNN documentary United Shades of America to link him to Antifa.[10][11] At the time, Puget Sound Gun Club was identified as part of Redneck Revolt.[12]

The club has counter-protested Patriot Prayer marches in Seattle.[13]

Notes

  1. ^ The club's website states "PSJBGC is an independent JBGC" and states it left Redneck Revolt Network in 2019.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Announcing Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club". psjbgc.org. 2017-05-09. Archived from the original on 2020-06-14.
  2. ^ "Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Leaves Redneck Revolt Network". Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club. January 23, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Thalen, Mikael (June 9, 2020). "Seattle protesters set up a barricaded 'cop-free zone'". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Burns, Chase; Smith, Rich; Keimig, Jasmyne (June 9, 2020). "The Dawn of 'Free Capitol Hill'". The Stranger. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "Seattle protesters struggle to determine what's next for 'autonomous zone' as Trump lobs threats", The Washington Post, June 12, 2020
  6. ^ Jason Rantz (June 1, 2020). "Rantz: President Trump smacks Antifa as terrorist group but Gov Inslee punts". Mynorthwest.com. Seattle: KTTH radio.
  7. ^ Kim Kelly (July 22, 2019). "'If others have rifles, we'll have rifles': why US leftist groups are taking up arms". The Guardian. Manchester, UK.
  8. ^ "'Not A Paramilitary.' Inside A Washington Militia's Efforts To Go Mainstream". NPR. February 14, 2020. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  9. ^ "ICE detention-center attacker killed by police was an avowed anarchist, authorities say". The Washington Post. July 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Baragona, Justin (July 16, 2019). "Tucker Carlson Claims CNN Is Funding Antifa: 'They Are Literally Promoting Violence': Carlson once again took aim at comedian W. Kamau Bell, accusing him of helping raise a radical group's profile and abetting a terrorist attack". The Daily Beast – via ProQuest. (original)
  11. ^ Bufkin, Ellie (July 15, 2019). "Tucker Carlson accuses CNN of promoting antifa violence". The Washington Examiner – via ProQuest.
  12. ^ "This is CNN? Network apparently recently glorified ICE detention center attacker". Fox News. July 15, 2019. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  13. ^ John Gerhard (photog.) (May 20, 2018), "Seattle Open Carry March hosted by Patriot Prayer: Armed demonstrators from the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club, McGraw Square, Washington, May 20, 2018", Digital collections, University of Washington Libraries

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