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Gun Owners of America (GOA) is described as "extremely radical" in Department of Justice document
Bureau of Justice Assistance (DOJ) ^ | Version 1.0 September 2005-2009 | Mark Pitcavage, et al.

Posted on 08/30/2010 11:11:43 PM PDT by deks

This Bureau of Justice Assistance (U.S. Department of Justice) document is entitled "Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism - Terms and Concepts” and includes a reference to GOA, a gun rights lobbying organization. I have seen GOA mentioned on threads here, but I am not personally familiar with GOA. I believe that the right to self defense is a God given right. The Constitution should protect "the right to keep and bear arms" (firearms and other weapons usable for self defense), but that right is currently being "infringed" at all levels of government.

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Here is the description of Gun Owners of America in the Bureau of Justice Assistance (DOJ) document...

“Gun Owners of America (GOA): An extremely radical gun-owning group with close ties to the militia movement. It reputedly has about 100,000 members (as opposed to the millions of NRA members). GOA is headed by Larry Pratt, a strong militia supporter who also has close ties to the white-supremacist movement.”

Hmmm... Likely a questionable and biased description of the group (as I said, I'm not familiar with GOA, although I have contributed to Virginia Citizens Defense League, Second Amendment Foundation, and National Rifle Association). I am a gun rights and knife rights advocate...and I do not intend to ignite a flame war on this thread.

From the introduction to the DOJ document, a description of its purpose...

"Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism—Terms and Concepts is a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of members of extremist organizations."

1 posted on 08/30/2010 11:11:50 PM PDT by deks
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To: deks

I consider Holder’s DOJ as being “extremely radical” so I guess we’re even.


2 posted on 08/30/2010 11:13:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Help fight government obesity! Throw the bums out in November!)
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To: deks
They see the Ballots of November coming.
3 posted on 08/30/2010 11:13:54 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (The period from Election Day 2010--to the new Congress sworn in--will be one of extreme tyranny)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

AiT, I think they are buying a couple of different vowels for what they see coming...I mean the current regime, that is.


4 posted on 08/30/2010 11:17:18 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

This looks like a good place for a job for Larry Pratt after 2012.


5 posted on 08/30/2010 11:17:22 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: deks

Here’s the thread where I heard about this...

Department of Justice Lists Survivalists, Constitutionalist in Extremism Guide

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2580377/posts

and another link where the document can be downloaded (.pdf file, approx 912 KB)...

http://publicintelligence.net/doj-terrorism-and-criminal-extremism-terms-and-concepts-guide/


6 posted on 08/30/2010 11:21:01 PM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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To: deks

If only they would do an analysis of real terrorists!


7 posted on 08/30/2010 11:22:47 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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To: deks

Extremely ineffective, perhaps.


8 posted on 08/30/2010 11:27:16 PM PDT by Redcloak (What's your zombie plan?)
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To: scott7278

GOA—terrorist group

Islam—religion of peace subject to constant hate crimes

Constitutionalist—scary believers in constitutional rights

Southern Poverty Law Center—fearless defenders of the oppressed.

New Black Panther Party—fearless defenders of American’s right to vote.

Tea Partier—scary believer in smaller government. Likely to not accept Republican candidates that we have selected for them to vote for.


9 posted on 08/30/2010 11:39:51 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: deks

Pitcavage is a very far left critter, almost as bad as that other Mark in SPLC, Potok. His academic credentials have been smacked rather ragged, and far as I know he deserves it.

His closest ideological friends, I think, would be Devin Burghart and Leonard Zeskind. You can find them here:

http://www.irehr.org


10 posted on 08/30/2010 11:42:20 PM PDT by Hardraade (I want gigaton warheads now!!)
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To: deks

Scary focus.

No Mulsim Brotherhood.

No NAACP.

Pretty stupid list for a country headed by Bill Ayers pal, with an AG who likes FALN.


11 posted on 08/30/2010 11:47:13 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: deks

Well, I just joined GOA to help defend our Constitutional rights. I see them as a no-compromise version of the NRA.

I guess I’m now a radical. Whatever.


12 posted on 08/30/2010 11:47:44 PM PDT by Free Bee
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To: deks

President Obama,

Don’t even think of declairing martial law either this November, or the time preceeding the presidential election in 2012. You know that at least 70% of this country (growing daily!) thinks you’re a lying sack of SH*T!

Any form of martial law (shutting down the internet & talk radio, declairing a police state etc.) against the people will be seen as an act of treason! You said you ignored the 9/12 Tea Party Rally last year, and you said you ignored the 8/28 Rally a few days ago! These crowd numbers had to be a sober reminder...even for a dumba$$ like yourself, that you and the ruling class are sorely outnumbered!

We know that as a Marxist, you love chaos. But remember this dumba$$, YOU HAD BETTER BE ABLE TO CONTROL THIS CHAOS!

Trust us, you cannot lock up 200+ million citizens!


13 posted on 08/30/2010 11:52:24 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: deks
Pitcavage used to run the "Militia Watchdog" website, an anti-patriot knockoff of the SPLC which condemned everyone who condemned the Waco Massacre and the shootings at Ruby Ridge, among other abuses of government power.

His meme has made the big time.

BTW, it was interesting to note the "Black Panthers" were NOT listed in their little lexicon.

14 posted on 08/31/2010 12:01:15 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Artcore
President Obama, Don’t even think of declairing martial law either this November, or the time preceeding the presidential election in 2012. You know that at least 70% of this country (growing daily!) thinks you’re a lying sack of SH*T! Any form of martial law (shutting down the internet & talk radio, declairing a police state etc.) against the people will be seen as an act of treason! You said you ignored the 9/12 Tea Party Rally last year, and you said you ignored the 8/28 Rally a few days ago! These crowd numbers had to be a sober reminder...even for a dumba$$ like yourself, that you and the ruling class are sorely outnumbered! We know that as a Marxist, you love chaos. But remember this dumba$$, YOU HAD BETTER BE ABLE TO CONTROL THIS CHAOS! Trust us, you cannot lock up 200+ million citizens!

Well put. Just thought it needed repeating.

15 posted on 08/31/2010 12:33:00 AM PDT by badgerlandjim (Hillary Clinton is to politics as Helen Thomas is to beauty.)
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To: deks

Everyone at the DoJ needs to be drug tested. Psyche evals concentrating on borderline personality disorders would be good too.


16 posted on 08/31/2010 12:37:03 AM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: Smokin' Joe; All

Thanks to all for the insightful replies. I always do read a lot more than I post here...in fact I had to fire up the old dial-up service that I kept for emergencies for this reply.

Cable internet says they’re doing ‘planned maintenance’ in my area tonight...although I talked to one of their repairmen a couple weeks ago—he said there was a bad wire somewhere...like looking for a needle in a haystack. Will check back later today.


17 posted on 08/31/2010 12:56:57 AM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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To: deks

What next? Rubber bullets for the active military? Squirt guns perhaps? Seriously, if Holder had brains, he should be worrying about a military coup at the rate this administration is going. Oh, never mind, perhaps he is.


18 posted on 08/31/2010 12:57:27 AM PDT by AnneM62
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To: Free Bee

I will check them out. For those who have not yet seen their website, it’s here...

http://gunowners.org


19 posted on 08/31/2010 1:22:06 AM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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To: badgerlandjim

A gun behind every blade of grass.


20 posted on 08/31/2010 1:24:10 AM PDT by Prospero (non est ad astra mollis e terris via)
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