{"id":62378,"date":"2017-03-08T11:49:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T17:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62378"},"modified":"2019-02-08T06:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:19:58","slug":"sock-puppet-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=62378","title":{"rendered":"Lie First, Lie Always: The Anti-Gun Amateur Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this morning\u00a0at the House Public Safety Committee hearings on the “Stand your Ground” billl, a “pro-bill” testifier erupted in a caracature of a pro-Trump, white supremacist tirade; at one point, he reportedly said it was time for gun owners to return to “lynching” people.<\/p>\n

Then he got up and walked out.<\/p>\n

He’s utterly unknown to Minnesota’s close-knit 2nd Amendment activist community.<\/p>\n

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The moment I saw the photo (a screen grab from video), \u00a0that voice in my head that monitors stereotypes screamed “Carlton graduate and non-profiteer paid to be a false-flagger”.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you can\u00a0<\/em>judge a book by\u00a0its cover.<\/p>\n

“He” registered for the event as “Ross Koon”<\/p>\n

And, sure enough, searching for “Russ Koon” leads you to a Facebook profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here’s his publicly-visible post:<\/p>\n

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So he misrepresented himself\u00a0about being a pro-gunner, and his “testimony” was a\u00a0“satirical” sham designed to defame people he pretty much hates.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty much the whole story, right?<\/p>\n

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Of course not. \u00a0Anti-gun ghoul Joan Peterson tweeted\u00a0instantly<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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Coincidence that the\u00a0doyenne\u00a0<\/em>of Minnesota criminal-safety is right there ready to go with a tweet in support of this bit of “satire?”<\/p>\n

But that’s just a clenched old liberal exercising her penchant for overheated hypberbole – right?<\/p>\n

Of course not. \u00a0 Mr. Koons’ pro-criminal-safety pedigree goes back a ways. \u00a0Turns out Mr. Koon’s mother is one Mary Koon<\/a>. \u00a0And Mary Koon is a pastor at ultra-liberal Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, and publicly lists as her “likes”…<\/p>\n

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…Moms Want Action.<\/p>\n

(“But” you might say, “that doesn’t make her a member!”. \u00a0Perhaps. \u00a0On the other hand, it’s pretty much all you need to do to be counted as a member, so we’ll run with it).<\/p>\n

So let’s sum it up:<\/p>\n