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HERNDON, Va. – FOX 5 has confirmed that U.S. Park Police along with Herndon Police are serving a search warrant at the home of Adam Kokesh, a pro-gun activist who was seen on a YouTube video posted on July 4th loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza.
Roads have been blocked off in the area of the 1500 block of Snow Flake Court in Herndon and residents have been told to stay indoors while police serve the warrant.
In the video, Kokesh, a former Marine, appears to load red shells into a pump-action shotgun while addressing the camera in Freedom Plaza, which is U.S. parkland.
Kokesh said, “We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity.”
Kokesh threatened to lead an armed march from Virginia into D.C. on the Fourth of July, but later backed away from the plan. At the end of the video, Kokesh hints it may happen in the future. As Kokesh loads shells in to the shotgun, he tells the camera: “We are the final American revolution. See you next Independence Day.”
Darryl Young, Kokesh’s roommate and a political activist, defended Kokesh’s actions.
“The point is we have the right to bear arms in all states,” he said. “We shouldn’t set standards of laws by imaginary lines called borders. In the state of Virginia, it’s an open carry state where you can legally open carry, but in the District [of Columbia], the only people allowed to walk with firearms are the criminals themselves.”
D.C. Police Chief Lanier told us on July 4th, “You’re allowed to have a rifle [or] shotgun registered for your home, if you’re a D.C. resident and it’s registered for the protection of your home. You can transport it through the District of Columbia as well. But there are rules for that transport. What [Kokesh] did [Thursday] morning, if in fact that was a real firearm [with] real ammunition, would be a violation of the law.”
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Here we go with the selective enforcement of laws.
I do recall a news anchor flashing an ar magazine blatantly on a news program within the borders of D.C.
We all know what happened there, nothing.
Why is Kokesh enticing? And don’t the police have better things to do?
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This is so silly. He was expecting the police but he had hallucinogenic mushrooms in his house?
What a f-ing waste of money. I wonder who is producing this passion play in absurdity.
Kokesh was supposed to stir things up on the 4th…and lead patriots into battle. He didn’t get any attention so they are trying something else.
He seems to be an agent provocateur albeit a bad one.
I agree. We were expecting them so we loaded our guns and decided to keep mushrooms in the house. Schedule 1 lol yup like weed… addictive!lol what a joke. How did they determine they where hallucinogenic? a lab would take longer than a day.
Well he finally got what he was looking for … he’s been arrested.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/10/activist-arrested-after-loading-shotgun-freedom-pl/
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