A left-wing gun club plastered recruitment flyers around Georgetown University that include the message “Hey Fascist! Catch!” — the same phrase written on ammunition linked to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The message was found on dark red flyers from the John Brown Gun Club, a gun-rights group that was founded to militarize the white working class and spur it toward a social-justice revolution.
“The only political group that celebrates when Nazis die,” the club flyer says, which includes a QR code that links to a web page that says, “We’re building a community that’s done with ceremonial resistance and strongly worded letters. If you want to make a real change in your community, let us know below.”
Georgetown University said the flyers had been removed.
“The university is investigating this incident and working to ensure the safety of our community,” the school said.
John Brown Gun Club members can sometimes be spotted carrying firearms at liberal oriented events. They say they provide security against conservative counter-protesters.
Recently, the group has been involved in violent clashes with federal ICE officers who are attempting to arrest illegal immigrants.
The group was linked to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where attackers dressed in black military-style clothing shot fireworks at the facility.
The attack was one in a series of attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities. It resulted in federal charges against 15 people, with charges ranging from attempted murder of a federal agent to discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
The John Brown Club is named after abolitionist John Brown, who, in 1856, abandoned the pacifist abolitionist movement and led the Pottawatomie Massacre and other attacks before becoming the first American executed for treason.
• Kerry Picket can be reached at kpicket@washingtontimes.com.
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