Friend,

We are excited to share with you a special project we have been working on with our partners at the Center for American Progress. Our Guns and Anti-Government Extremism Report was released recently, on July 20th, 2022! 

This project was very important to us because we wanted to explore the rise in extremist groups, connections to Jan 6th, and how guns are interwoven in this discussion. Throughout our research, we found guns as a central part of extremist groups and movements. These groups stockpile weapons and feel the need to defend the Second Amendment ferociously. Their extremist beliefs about government and public lands can often lead to conflicts. 

An example of this was the Bundy Ranch incident. A public lands dispute snowballed into a standoff between armed extremists and the Bureau of Land Management. As we prepared this report, it was revealed through the January 6th hearings that Jason Van Tatenhove, the former spokesman for the Oath Keepers, got his start at the Bundy Ranch incident. Drawing these connections from earlier extremism to current issues like January 6th was an important part of this project. 

We want to educate Nevadans on the seriousness of extremism and guns. We provided recommendations for policy solutions in this report that will hopefully be useful for policymakers moving forward. We have a responsibility to address these issues head-on so we can avoid more violence in the coming months and years. Please check out our report and share it with your community, to build consensus for change!. 

In solidarity,