Flyers promoting the extremist John Brown Gun Club appeared at Georgetown University this week, calling for recruits to “do something more than symbolic resistance” and labeling the group as the “only political group that celebrates when Nazis die.” The posters were found at the university’s Village A complex, a popular student housing center, and linked to a Google form promising to build “a community that’s done with ceremonial resistance and strongly worded letters.”
The John Brown Gun Club, founded in Kansas in 2002, has long been associated with left-wing extremism and armed activism. A D.C.-area chapter surfaced online in 2022, at one point threatening Supreme Court justices by writing, “The supreme court justices should not know a moment of comfort.” That chapter also encouraged gun ownership, declaring, “‘no one needs an AR-15’ is an interesting thing to say in a country full of fascists.”
Georgetown quickly responded, saying it “has no tolerance for calls for violence or threats to the university.” A spokesperson confirmed, “The flyers have been removed and the university is investigating this incident and working to ensure the safety of our community.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon also weighed in, calling the flyers “appalling” and promising that “campus police are investigating the incident and will deploy resources to protect students as necessary.”
With the group tied to violent incidents across the country—including a 2019 firebombing of an ICE facility in Tacoma and a 2022 shooting at an ICE facility in Texas—its appearance on a major U.S. campus has sparked serious concerns.
