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Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club

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

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 by Tacoma Police Department officers in the attack.[8][9]

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

  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. ^ Hannah Allam; Jim Urquhart (February 14, 2020). "'Not A Paramilitary.' Inside A Washington Militia's Efforts To Go Mainstream". NPR.
  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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