Self-proclaimed white nationalist planned mass terror attack, government says. [trunc]

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist was arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in his Maryland home that authorities say he stockpiled to launch a massive domestic terror attack targeting politicians and journalists.

The arrest warrant cites Hasson owns a Springfield 1911 Elite Compact .45 semiautomatic pistol and four magazines as well as two other long guns, including a B14 HMR in .308 , and possibly a Remington 7mm. The FBI had purchased records that Hasson had purchased seven (7) boxes of .308 ammunition from an ammunition supplier in Florida in 2015 (oh, my!) for $128.11, and had, heaven forfend, been shooting at an NRA Shooting Range! Apparently these three or four firearms are the extent of the weapons and ammunition stockpiled in anticipation of his so called "massive terrorist attack he was planning."

The rest seems to be not so much a plan for an attack, but Hasson’s comments in emails of the observation that it would require bloody attacks closer to home on more elite targets to awaken those elites to what is happening in the subversion of our western values. . . something I’ve seen written of on FR and in many other comments where conservatives decry the socialist progressive inroads of our culture are discussed. There did not seem to be anything specific that Hasson was planning to bring these attacks about, or that he, himself, was planning to eliminate 90% of the world’s population.

The FBI agent is also highly incensed that Hasson uses Tramadol, an extremely mild form of synthetic opiate primarily used for chronic pain that was recently added to the Schedule IV list of controlled narcotics under the Obama administration crack down on drugs and re-orientation of schedule IV drugs. Tramadol has a very low incidence of the development of dependence. As cited by the Tramadol entry in Wikipedia . . . "A 2014 report by the World Health Organizations Expert Committee on Drug Dependence found:

...in many cases of tramadol dependence, a history of substance abuse is present....but....the evidence for physical dependence was considered minimal. Consequently, Tramadol is generally considered as a drug with low potential for dependence. In a recent German study (including a literature study, an analysis of two drug safety databases, and questionnaires analyses), the low abuse and low dependence potential of Tramadol were re-confirmed. The German expert group found a low prevalence of abuse or dependence in clinical practice in Germany, and concluded that Tramadol has a low potential for misuse, abuse, and dependence in Germany.

I have a far larger "stock pile" of weapons and ammo than what Hasson has, or had since they’ve been confiscated, as I’ve been a life long shooter and collector, and, dare I say it, as an NRALife Member, I’ve shot a numerous NRA Shooting Ranges. I also suffer from a severe back problem for which I’ve been prescribed Tramadol in about the same dosages as Hasson is shown to have purchased over time (although Hasson is buying his outside of normal pharmacies). I will even admit to having made similar observations about our culture being under attack by leftist progressive socialists. Do the above facts make me a target of this FBI agent for investigation and arrest?

Typical, loudmouth keyboard commando / terrorist or did he actually commit a crime aside from posessing firearms while addicted to illegal drugs?

Addicted? I doubt it. Read the amount of Tramadol he was purchasing as listed in the arrest affidavit and deduce the amount he was consuming . . . Every two months he was ordering 300 Tramadol 100mg tablets. That works out to five tablets a day. Moderate chronic pain sufferers take up to four 100mg tablets twice a day (it comes in 50mg, 100mg, 200mg tablets, liquid, injection and IV), and takes up to an hour to start working, it’s not a fast high and in fact doesn’t provide a "euphoria". According to the arrest affidavit, Hasson was reported to have been observed cutting a Tramadol tablet in half. Ergo, he’s been taking 2 1/2 tablets twice a day for chronic pain management. . . Probably in concert with acetaminophen. That’s not addiction.

Here in California, the new progressive war on opioids is requiring all doctors to ween chronic pain patients off of their opioid regimens unless they are diagnosed with terminal cancer. I have been on the same regimen of one 100mg Tramadol twice a day plus acetaminophen and ibuprofen as needed for years. That level has worked for my chronic back pain from a severe scoliosis which includes some bone-on-bone contact and pinched nerves. However, since a month ago, they’ve cut my Tramadol to one 100mg in the morning and one 50mg at night. In April, they plan on cutting it to two 50mg twice a day, then two months after that the 1 50mg in the morning and ½ of that at night . . . And so on to zero. I can tell you my pain level is already 50% higher than it was and I cannot increase the acetaminophen or ibuprofen any higher due to potential liver and kidney damage. Both my doctor and pharmacist think the bureaucratic interference in their ability to prescribe proper chronic pain treatment is criminal.

Frankly, I fully understand why Hasson is doing what he is with the Tramadol. You can buy Tramadol across the counter in Mexico and most of the rest of the world (it cost five cents a tablet to make). Here, it’s now a Schedule IV Narcotic, although it didn’t use to be before the Obama administration reclassified it. It has a very low potential for abuse as at high dosage it will generally cause itching and make one sleep. Very low dependency rate too. Just good for pain relief.

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