“Leftist Gun Control”
| “Leftist Gun Control” |
| Last week in Dallas, there was a sniper attack against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility. Some expressed shock—I was not one of them. This is the second armed, left-wing assault on a federal detention facility in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. The prior attack occurred at the Alvarado, Texas facility on July 4. These two shootings are clearly linked; the common thread points to Antifa and the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. The John Brown Gun Club recently made national news after recruitment posters appeared on the campus of Georgetown University. When leftists call for “toning down the rhetoric,” it often rings hollow—too often a dog whistle that aids and abets continued vile rhetoric and violence. It’s laughable hypocrisy that we hear little from the left about gun control when left-wing groups are committing politicized violent acts. The Dallas shooter should not have been able to legally purchase a firearm—he had a felony drug conviction. For those pushing Red Flag laws, where were the red flags when a convicted felon bought a gun? Unless, as in the San Bernardino jihadist case, a straw buyer was involved. Leftists only invoke “gun control” when an incident fits their narrative. In fact, many tried to claim the Dallas shooter was a conservative simply because he was a white male and the victims were illegal immigrant detainees. The shooter’s notes called for the killing of ICE agents—agents routinely slandered as Gestapo or “Brown Shirts,” and who have seen a massive increase in targeted violence while enforcing the law. The July 4th attack was a deliberate ambush. Several officers were shot and survived; the assailants were apprehended, the last being Benjamin Song, who has confirmed ties to Antifa and the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club. So why does the Southern Poverty Law Center list Turning Point USA as a “hate group” but not Antifa or the John Brown Gun Club? Because leftists now feel justified in using violence against their opponents. They are adept at projecting their own behavior onto conservatives—labeling us fascists while practicing fascist tactics themselves. The Marxist left has long attacked the National Rifle Association—an organization founded in 1871 to improve marksmanship and which historically stood for civil rights, even defending Black gun owners against the Ku Klux Klan. Now, the left has created its own parallel: the Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), founded on October 8, 2018. The SRA presents itself as a socialist gun-rights group advocating arms training for working-class people and community defense—framed as “progressive” and “inclusive.” But to me, the SRA looks like a domestic terrorist training network geared toward insurgent, ideologically driven violence. The Dallas–Fort Worth region—and our nation—face a growing threat. Groups such as Antifa, the John Brown Gun Club, and the Socialist Rifle Association should be designated domestic terrorist organizations. Their funding must be exposed and their membership brought into the light. We should strengthen the U.S. Marshals and other federal resources to confront this threat. If we do not, expect more deliberate ambushes, arson, bombings, sniper attacks, and eventually improvised explosive devices on our soil. Spare me the January 6 equivocation. Terrorists have a single goal: to instill terror. Dallas, we have a problem. It is time for decisive law-enforcement raids and operations to remove this threat from our community. Otherwise, things will get a lot worse before they get better. The Socialist Rifle Association is the ultimate leftist hypocrisy: guns for them, disarmament for you. And that—my friends—is how you turn citizens into terrified subjects. |
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