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marmar

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Fri Jan 18, 2013, 01:44 PM Jan 2013

Why is this not at all surprising?


Gun Appreciation Day Sponsored By American Third Position, White Supremacist Group
The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing


Firearms enthusiasts around the country are being encouraged to head down to their local gun shops on Saturday, constitutions and American flags in hand, to send a message to President Barack Obama about Second Amendment rights -- and, of course, to buy more guns.

The event is being billed as Gun Appreciation Day and has backing from white supremacist group American Third Position (A3P), Media Matters reported on Friday.

A3P, which is listed on the Gun Appreciation Day website as a sponsor, does little through its own content to veil the fact that the political movement is dedicated to white supremacy.

In its mission statement, A3P writes that it "believes that government policy in the United States discriminates against white Americans, the majority population, and that white Americans need their own political party to fight this discrimination." ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/gun-appreciation-day-_n_2502568.html?1358526455&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009



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Why is this not at all surprising? (Original Post) marmar Jan 2013 OP
Just saw it on Raw Story MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #1
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