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Texas man plotting mass shooting arrested on weapons charges
http://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/trending-fbi-says-austin-man-plotting-mass-shooting-arrested-weapons-charges/Js7cJF0eilpUKpmbc4wIeM/AUSTIN, Texas
Federal officials say they might have foiled a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, this month, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. Western District Court.
A confidential source told the FBI that Steven Thomas Boehle, 50, is a right-wing extremist who had planned the attack, according to the affidavit. The six-page filing does not give many specifics about the alleged plot, but does reveal that on April 12 Austin police seized three guns and about 1,100 rounds of ammunition from a North Austin residence where Boehle had been staying.
The document says the source told authorities Boehle “exhibits sovereign citizen extremism ideology.”
Boehle is charged with making a false statement in connection with the attempted acquisition of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He is banned from purchasing firearms because of a 1993 misdemeanor assault conviction in Connecticut. The victim in that incident was an intimate partner of Boehle’s.
Federal officials say they might have foiled a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, this month, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. Western District Court.
A confidential source told the FBI that Steven Thomas Boehle, 50, is a right-wing extremist who had planned the attack, according to the affidavit. The six-page filing does not give many specifics about the alleged plot, but does reveal that on April 12 Austin police seized three guns and about 1,100 rounds of ammunition from a North Austin residence where Boehle had been staying.
The document says the source told authorities Boehle “exhibits sovereign citizen extremism ideology.”
Boehle is charged with making a false statement in connection with the attempted acquisition of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. He is banned from purchasing firearms because of a 1993 misdemeanor assault conviction in Connecticut. The victim in that incident was an intimate partner of Boehle’s.
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noun: terrorist; plural noun: terrorists
a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
I don't see any exceptions for white guys
Sounds like it would be a perfect topic for LWT. 
