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{{Short description|Gun club in the Puget Sound region}}
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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|newspaper=[[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-fascism|anti-fascist]], [[Anti-racism|anti-racist]], [[Pro-labor|pro-worker]] community defense organization". ''[[The Guardian]]'' has called it an "anti-fascist [[Leftist|armed leftist group]]" that "provide[s] security against [[Right-wing violence|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 by [[Tacoma Police Department]] officers 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|author1=Hannah Allam |author2=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>
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== Further reading ==
* {{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|title=Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth|author=Jack Crosbie|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 18, 2023|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/john-brown-gun-club-armed-anti-fascist-1234733200/|quote=John Brown Gun Club and Socialist Rifle Association}}
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