Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club

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Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club
Named after John Brown
FormationMay 9, 2017;7 years ago (2017-05-09) [1]
Type Anti-fascist armed leftist group
Website Official website

The Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club (PSJBGC) is a Puget Sound Area gun club, formerly affiliated with Redneck Revolt. [a] During the George Floyd protests in June 2020, the group attended the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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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] The club has counter-protested Patriot Prayer marches in Seattle. [8] [9]

Notes

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

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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.
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  5. "Seattle protesters struggle to determine what's next for 'autonomous zone' as Trump lobs threats", The Washington Post , June 12, 2020
  6. Kelly, Kim (June 14, 2020). "Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle's Leftist Utopia". The Daily Beast . Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  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. Wilson, Jason (August 19, 2018). "'Liberty or Death': rightwing protesters march against alleged leftwing violence in Seattle". The Guardian . Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  9. Morlin, Bill (August 20, 2018). "Patriot Prayer rally in Seattle: Plenty of guns and shouting". Southern Poverty Law Center . Retrieved June 15, 2020.

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