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SouthernCal_Dem

(852 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:46 PM May 2020

BWHAHAHA: These gun-toting right wing nut jobs really do live in mom's basement

A Colorado man who planned to attend a “Reopen” rally in Denver on May 1 before he was arrested by the FBI for possessing pipe bombs was involved in the boogaloo movement, a far-right militia offshoot that uses cryptic pop-culture references to prepare for a future civil war.

FBI agents and other law enforcement executing search warrants on Bradley Bunn’s residence in Loveland, Colo. on May 1 discovered four pipe bombs at the 53-year-old man’s home, according to a press release issued by the US Attorney’s office in Denver. Agents also discovered two one-pound containers of .308 caliber cartridge reloading gunpowder, a potential pipe bomb component, in Bunn’s vehicle. If convicted for possession of destructive devices, Bunn faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The arrest set off a flurry panicked texts from Bunn’s extremist associates in Colorado to allies networked across the country through boogaloo-inspired Facebook pages. On the morning of Bunn’s arrest, Chevy Lee McGee wrote on his Facebook page in all caps: “I might need backup ASAP. Possible police raid at my house.” Then he posted the address of his mother’s house in Fort Collins. He ended with a request: “Need QRF teams,” using a military term for “quick reaction force.”

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...McGee wrote, “I knew I was going to be next, so I made that post for everyone to standby just in case something happened. Then my mom’s freaking out because she works with the sheriff’s office [in Larimer County] and they were talking about me and how I talked to Bradley’s etc. [sic], so she told me to get my ass home. It could’ve been a setup so I have a couple bois roll with me there etc.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/homeland-security-issues-a-startling-internal-alert-after-lockdown-protester-gets-arrested-for-building-pipe-bombs/

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BWHAHAHA: These gun-toting right wing nut jobs really do live in mom's basement (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem May 2020 OP
Don't you love their costumes? malaise May 2020 #1
The right wing nut jobs always look like inbreds. CatMor May 2020 #2
I Am Reminded Of A Rant A Friend Wrote About These Clowns smb May 2020 #6
These are who bonespurs calls warriors randr May 2020 #3
These nutjobs all think they are special operations experts... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #4
Don't they know that we have a real war going on in Afghanistan right now? Yavin4 May 2020 #5
Let me see if I can muster up some concern for these idiots.... A HERETIC I AM May 2020 #7
Their training probably comes from... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #8
Do you think their moms BillyBobBrilliant May 2020 #9
After reading the article... Newest Reality May 2020 #10
WARRIORS budkin May 2020 #11
He used his FB page to pass emergency messages to his contacts? crickets May 2020 #12
Their hero sends out tweets...and then seems surprised when somebody reads them. Wounded Bear May 2020 #17
A collective negative IQ BSdetect May 2020 #13
Unbleievable how right wing terrorists always get a free pass Dukkha May 2020 #14
So, basically, he swatted his mom's house... Wounded Bear May 2020 #15
Nothing says "I am a pro" like an FRS radio. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 #16
I spent a few months in the A Shau Valley way back when. 11 Bravo May 2020 #18
Nice cosplay outfits ornotna May 2020 #19
I like all the pockets for holding candy bars and snuff. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #21
A quote from a famous Republican to be remembered... Grins May 2020 #20
Did mommy fix him a sandwich? Blue Owl May 2020 #22

smb

(3,471 posts)
6. I Am Reminded Of A Rant A Friend Wrote About These Clowns
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:54 PM
May 2020

One bit (from memory): "Chins and foreheads were a MUST for membership in the Master Race back in the day; also you had to have EXACTLY ten fingers and toes each!" The commentary concluded by noting that these losers would be among the first to be exterminated as inferior by any REAL Nazi regime.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
4. These nutjobs all think they are special operations experts...
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:51 PM
May 2020

I bet not a one of them is even close...just deluded and violence prone.

In their 40s and 50s and they still play soldier.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
5. Don't they know that we have a real war going on in Afghanistan right now?
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:53 PM
May 2020

They don't have to play pretend.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
7. Let me see if I can muster up some concern for these idiots....
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:54 PM
May 2020

::::Loud groaning sounds::::


UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHUH!




uuuuuuuuuuuuAAAAAHHHHHHUH!



UUUUUUUUUUUHUH!

Nope. Not a sausage. No matter how hard I try, I just can not be too concerned these nimrods are going to do anything.



Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
10. After reading the article...
Wed May 6, 2020, 03:57 PM
May 2020

Their plans and behavior are not humorous at all, but now they are turning on law enforcement in general from police to FBI. That's one way to get rid of themselves, (more Darwin here) in short order, which would be good for us all. They are asking for it and I suspect that law enforcement will change its permissive tune if they become boogaloo targets.

The thing is, how much blood are they going to shed from their parent's basements? They are itching for confrontations now and I certainly put a lot of blame on Dictator Don for giving them the green light and encouraging them both by making direct comments and overlooking their threat to the safety of Americans, and even state officials now.

crickets

(25,969 posts)
12. He used his FB page to pass emergency messages to his contacts?
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:00 PM
May 2020

The FBI will never catch the secret squirrel! Good grief, what an idiot.

I would ask a silly question like, "why is he still living at home with mom?" but it sort of answers itself.

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
14. Unbleievable how right wing terrorists always get a free pass
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:27 PM
May 2020

Any other civilized country would be killing these scumbags where they stand and eliminate the threat once and for all.
But no, right wing Facebook openly looks the other way and promotes them under the false guise of so-called "freedom of speech" and the weak cowards are always afraid to use force in putting them down.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
18. I spent a few months in the A Shau Valley way back when.
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:43 PM
May 2020

I served with some of the toughest and bravest people it has ever been my privilege to encounter.

None of them looked anything like the gear-geek, candy-ass, fake tough guys I now see parading around - first at MAGA rallies - and now at these bullshit "Reopen" circle jerks.

Paintball warriors, every fucking one. I shit on all of them.


Grins

(7,217 posts)
20. A quote from a famous Republican to be remembered...
Wed May 6, 2020, 04:54 PM
May 2020

In reading that Raw Story article I was reminded of this famous quote from another famous Republican:

“If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they’re wearing flak jackets and you’re better off shooting for the head.” - G. Gordon Liddy, 15 Sept 1994.

Shoot for the head. Got it. He also called federal agents “brutal thugs”.

The NRA would pile-on with:

"...jack-booted government thugs, federal agents wearing Nazi bucket helmets and black storm trooper uniforms.”

And you wonder where these idiots got their ideas...?

Nice, eh? “Law and Order!” Republicans.

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