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Fri May 30, 2014, 12:28 PM May 2014

RKBA brownshirts terrorize Marine vet on Memorial day (with video)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-open-carry-texas-harassment-marine-veteran

In a video obtained by Mother Jones that was posted online later that day by one of the activists, the group can be seen pursuing and harassing James through downtown Fort Worth. "I'm following this guy around," declares one of them, setting off after him with his weapon slung across his back. He and others stay right behind James for several city blocks, following him through traffic and taunting him along the way. James grows more agitated and tells them off, calling them assholes and bullies.

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"That guy obviously thinks he's a badass talking shit to armed citizens," one gun activist said. "When [the shit hits the fan] I'll be happy to smash assholes like him."

When one of the guys who'd followed him suggested posting the video to multiple sites, another said they should "put really gay background music to it."

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The footage the group posted was not the first such effort to intimidate by exposing someone's personal information: As I reported recently, in April members of Open Carry Texas outed a concerned schoolteacher who had called police in Plano, Texas, and she was soon hit with a barrage of harassment and violent threats by phone and email. James faced similar treatment this week, he told me, with harassers saying he was a "fucking faggot" and "this guy needs his jaw broken."



http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-open-carry-texas-harassment-marine-veteran

Remember, this kind of terrorism is legal thanks to the NRA and its enablers and members.

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