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T H R E EP E R C E N T E R SWi
: thinthe OathKeeper s, ther em aybe an unconfir med
allianceof gun ownersknownas "Threepercenters".Accordingto the Anti-
Defamation League,this organization formedin late2O0B; theyare an organized
movementcenteredon an obscureideologythat claimedonlythreepercentof
the Americanpopulationparlicipated as combatantsin the Revolutionary War.
The groupassertsthat they are a moderncounterpartto that mythicaltfrree
percentof AmericanRevolutionary era patriots,and alsorepresentthe three
percentof the populationof Americangun owners"whowillnot disarm".Three
Percenters todayare gun ownerswho will not disarm,willnot compromise, and
will no longersupportthe passageof the nextGun controlAct. Three
Percenters claimthat they will not obeyany furtherlimitations of theirtraditional
tiberties andwilldefendthemselvesif attacked.Theyarewillingto fight,die and
if forcedby any oppressor,kill in the defenseof themselves and the Constitution.
Belowis the Doctrineof the ThreePercenters:
We willnot disarm.
You cannotconvinceus.
You cannotintimidateus.
You cantry to kill us, if you thinkyou can.
But remember,we'llshootback.
And we are not goingaway.
Yourmove
According
theAnti-Defamation
League,activemilitarypersonnel
in lraqare
wearingpatches
to symbolize
theirsupporlof the OathKeepers
as welias the
ThreePercenters.
StewartRhodeshaswritten thattheOathKeepers patch
wornby activemilitarypersonnelin lraq is notauthenticparaphernalia createdby
ihe organization. As a result,the oath Keepersare planningto sendcare
packagesthat include"official"oath Keeperspatchesand nVns to ,,tensof
thousands" of aciivedutytroopsbetweenNovember11,20ag(VeteransDay),
a n d D ece mbe1r 5 ,2 0 0 9(B i l lof RightsDay)
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