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The '''Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club''' ('''PSJBGC''') is a [[Puget Sound Area]] gun club, formerly affiliated with [[Redneck Revolt]].{{efn|The club's website states "PSJBGC is an independent JBGC" and states it left [[Redneck Revolt]] Network in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://psjbgc.org/blog/puget-sound-john-brown-gun-club-leaves-redneck-revolt-network/ |title=Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Leaves Redneck Revolt Network |publisher=Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club |date=January 23, 2019 |accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>}} During the [[George Floyd protests]] in June 2020, the group attended the [[Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone]] in [[Seattle]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/seattle-autonomous-zone-protests/ |title=Seattle protesters set up a barricaded 'cop-free zone' |work=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=June 9, 2020 |accessdate=June 10, 2020 |author=Thalen, Mikael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610030608/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/seattle-autonomous-zone-protests/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Chase |last2=Smith |first2=Rich |last3=Keimig |first3=Jasmyne |title=The Dawn of 'Free Capitol Hill' |work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] |date=June 9, 2020 |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/09/43873501/the-dawn-of-free-capitol-hill |accessdate=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611012121/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/09/43873501/the-dawn-of-free-capitol-hill |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WaPo>{{citation|work=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Seattle protesters struggle to determine what’s next for ‘autonomous zone’ as Trump lobs threats |date=June 12, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/12/seattle-autonomous-zone-capitol-hill/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards|title=Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle’s Leftist Utopia|date=June 14, 2020|accessdate=June 15, 2020|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|first=Kim|last=Kelly}}</ref>
The '''Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club''' ('''PSJBGC''') is a [[Far-left politics|far-left]] [[Puget Sound Area]] gun club, formerly affiliated with [[Redneck Revolt]].{{efn|The club's website states "PSJBGC is an independent JBGC" and states it left [[Redneck Revolt]] Network in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://psjbgc.org/blog/puget-sound-john-brown-gun-club-leaves-redneck-revolt-network/ |title=Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club Leaves Redneck Revolt Network |publisher=Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club |date=January 23, 2019 |accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>}} During the [[George Floyd protests]] in June 2020, the group attended the [[Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone]] in [[Seattle]]. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/seattle-autonomous-zone-protests/ |title=Seattle protesters set up a barricaded 'cop-free zone' |work=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=June 9, 2020 |accessdate=June 10, 2020 |author=Thalen, Mikael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610030608/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/seattle-autonomous-zone-protests/ |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burns |first1=Chase |last2=Smith |first2=Rich |last3=Keimig |first3=Jasmyne |title=The Dawn of 'Free Capitol Hill' |work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]] |date=June 9, 2020 |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/09/43873501/the-dawn-of-free-capitol-hill |accessdate=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611012121/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/06/09/43873501/the-dawn-of-free-capitol-hill |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WaPo>{{citation|work=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Seattle protesters struggle to determine what’s next for ‘autonomous zone’ as Trump lobs threats |date=June 12, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/12/seattle-autonomous-zone-capitol-hill/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards|title=Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle’s Leftist Utopia|date=June 14, 2020|accessdate=June 15, 2020|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|first=Kim|last=Kelly}}</ref>


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".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=Manchester, UK|title='If others have rifles, we’ll have rifles': why US leftist groups are taking up arms|author=Kim Kelly|date=July 22, 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms}}</ref>
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".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=Manchester, UK|title='If others have rifles, we’ll have rifles': why US leftist groups are taking up arms|author=Kim Kelly|date=July 22, 2019|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms}}</ref>


Willem van Spronsen, a former member of the club, [[2019 Tacoma attack| attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Tacoma]] with [[incendiary device]]s in July 2019 while armed with an [[AR-15]] rifle. He was killed in the attack.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=NPR|title='Not A Paramilitary.' Inside A Washington Militia's Efforts To Go Mainstream|date=February 14, 2020|authors=Hannah Allam and Jim Urquhart|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/14/805949683/-not-a-paramilitary-inside-a-washington-militias-efforts-to-go-mainstream}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ICE detention-center attacker killed by police was an avowed anarchist, authorities say|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719191925/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/|archive-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>
Willem van Spronsen, a former member of the club, [[2019 Tacoma attack|attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Tacoma]] with [[incendiary device]]s in July 2019 while armed with an [[AR-15]] rifle. He was killed in the attack.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=NPR|title='Not A Paramilitary.' Inside A Washington Militia's Efforts To Go Mainstream|date=February 14, 2020|authors=Hannah Allam and Jim Urquhart|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/14/805949683/-not-a-paramilitary-inside-a-washington-militias-efforts-to-go-mainstream}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ICE detention-center attacker killed by police was an avowed anarchist, authorities say|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 19, 2019|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719191925/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/19/ice-detention-center-attacker-killed-by-police-was-an-avowed-anarchist-authorities-say/|archive-date=July 19, 2019}}</ref>


The club has counter-protested [[Patriot Prayer]] marches in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/rightwing-protest-seattle-march-against-alleged-leftwing-violence|title='Liberty or Death': rightwing protesters march against alleged leftwing violence in Seattle|date=August 19, 2018|accessdate=June 15, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Jason|last=Wilson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/08/20/patriot-prayer-rally-seattle-plenty-guns-and-shouting|title=Patriot Prayer rally in Seattle: Plenty of guns and shouting|date=August 20, 2018|accessdate=June 15, 2020|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|first=Bill|last=Morlin}}</ref>
The club has counter-protested [[Patriot Prayer]] marches in Seattle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/rightwing-protest-seattle-march-against-alleged-leftwing-violence|title='Liberty or Death': rightwing protesters march against alleged leftwing violence in Seattle|date=August 19, 2018|accessdate=June 15, 2020|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Jason|last=Wilson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/08/20/patriot-prayer-rally-seattle-plenty-guns-and-shouting|title=Patriot Prayer rally in Seattle: Plenty of guns and shouting|date=August 20, 2018|accessdate=June 15, 2020|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]|first=Bill|last=Morlin}}</ref>
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* {{citation|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|title=6 gun groups that aren't for white right-wingers – The Second Amendment is finding appeal left of center|first=Kali|last=Holloway|date=September 3, 2017|quote=1. Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/09/03/6-gun-groups-that-arent-for-white-right-wingers_partner/}}
* {{citation|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|title=6 gun groups that aren't for white right-wingers – The Second Amendment is finding appeal left of center|first=Kali|last=Holloway|date=September 3, 2017|quote=1. Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/09/03/6-gun-groups-that-arent-for-white-right-wingers_partner/}}
* {{citation|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|title=Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle's Leftist Utopia|quote=Though everyone from Trump to local cops have expressed fear about the idea of anti-brutality activists being armed, they say it's essential to ward off dangerous extremists.|author=Kim Kelly|date=June 14, 2020|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards}}
* {{citation|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|title=Meet the Gun Club Patrolling Seattle's Leftist Utopia|quote=Though everyone from Trump to local cops have expressed fear about the idea of anti-brutality activists being armed, they say it's essential to ward off dangerous extremists.|author=Kim Kelly|date=June 14, 2020|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattles-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone-chaz-has-armed-guards}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|https://psjbgc.org/}}


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

The Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club (PSJBGC) is a far-left 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]

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]

The club has counter-protested Patriot Prayer marches in Seattle.[10][11]

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. ^ 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. ^ "'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. ^ Wilson, Jason (August 19, 2018). "'Liberty or Death': rightwing protesters march against alleged leftwing violence in Seattle". The Guardian. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  11. ^ 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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