Ohio man who amassed guns at mall faces sentencing

[Judi Lynn]

6. Ohio Survivalist With Gun Hoard In Mall Wasn’t Planning Race War, Just Enjoyed Listing Names, Addres

1:34 pm December 20, 2013

Ohio Survivalist With Gun Hoard In Mall Wasn’t Planning Race War, Just Enjoyed Listing Names, Addresses Of Blacks & Jews

Look, just because a guy is stockpiling enough guns and ammo in the back of his store for a small Central American revolution, has a bunch of neo-Nazi literature, and keeps a list of black and Jewish leaders from all over Ohio and Michigan, that doesn’t mean he was preparing for a race war. Maybe he’s merely a survivalist with a keen interest in the goodwill of minority communities after civilization falls apart, and just wanted to be ready to help them rebuild? And so, since the judge wasn’t convinced by the prosecution’s theory that Toledo, Ohio, business owner Richard Schmidt was planning a campaign of assassination, Schmidt was sentenced Thursday to almost six years in prison, not the 10 years that he could have received.

It’s a victory for racists everywhere — collect all the guns you want, but insist you’re just getting ready for a zombie apocalypse.

http://wonkette.com/537105/ohio-survivalist-with-gun-hoard-in-mall-wasnt-planning-race-war-just-enjoyed-listing-names-addresses-of-blacks-jews#KqWjykLi9iHYkHUE.99

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