Good Lord these guys are nuts. >John Brown Gun Club Rhetoric Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 21, 2022: “Without cops, who would ignore heinous crimes and harass minorities?”* >Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 21, 2022: “It’s a great day for @AFLCIO to recognize cops are the enemies of labor.”* >Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 18, 2022: “Police are a danger to the community. Every single one is a mass shooter in waiting. Just like Miramar. Just like Denver.”* >Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 18, 2022: “Cops sure look uncomfortable when they’re caught doing their everyday duties of upholding a violent capitalist system that throws families out on the street and then chases them around smashing their shelter until they die.”* >Connecticut John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 28, 2022: “Never forget, merely the threat of violence, the demonstration of the CAPACITY for violence is enough to keep most fascists and cops in check. We hope to never need to act on that capacity, and we train so we won’t miss if we have to.”* >DMV John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 18, 2022: “Fuck Jason Bagshaw. He is consistently doing shitty things (because he is a cop), and now he has murdered a Black man. We need to abolish the police.”* >Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 9, 2022: “The John Brown Gun club is at it's core founded on abolitionist points of unity. From a safety and ideological perspective we cannot support events where police have involvement in organizing. This both invites violence on those attending and renders community aid ineffective.”* >DMV John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 8, 2022: “The supreme court justices should not know a moment of comfort.&rdquo* >Connecticut John Brown Gun Club, tweet, July 8, 2022: “Randy Cox was brutalized by the New Haven PD and then, when he told them he couldn’t move, they brutalized him some more. Hundreds rallied to demand police accountability and we were there promoting community defense. #ACAB #JusticeforRandyCox”* >DMV John Brown Gun Club, tweet, June 30, 2022: “ACAB”* >Connecticut John Brown Gun Club, tweet, May 30, 2022: “Cops don’t keep us safe. They, quite obviously, make us less safe. The phrase #WeKeepUsSafe is a rallying cry of community self-defense but also an acknowledgment of the terrors and ineptitude of the systems of power designed to control and not protect us.”* >Cedar Breaks John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 28, 2021: “Fuck the pigs and give people money is the only acceptable political position.”* >Spokane John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 29, 2020: “If there is a standoff against the cops, stick together to form a cohesive front. Stragglers are more susceptible to getting arrested, but it’s hard to do that to a larger group. De-arresting is also important, if someone is getting dragged off, don’t just stand and watch.”* >Spokane John Brown Gun Club, tweet, August 8, 2020: “Why is the SPKJBC necessary? Put simply: racists, fascists, and cops. Below will be a regularly updated list of fascist/racist violence and threats, police brutality, and the bigotry of public officials. It won’t be a complete list, but it will show why solidarity is key.”* >Willem Van Spronsen, final statement, July 2019: “Fascism serves the needs of the state serves the needs of business and at your expense. Who benefits? Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Betsy de Vos, George Soros, Donald Trump, and need I go on? Let me say it again: rich guys (who think you’re not really all that good), really dig government (every government everywhere, including ‘communist’ governments), because they make the rules that make rich guys richer.”*