{"id":23349,"date":"2019-09-10T15:45:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T15:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/10\/coastie-accused-of-plotting-terror-attacks-wants-gun-charges-dropped\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:08:48","slug":"coastie-accused-of-plotting-terror-attacks-wants-gun-charges-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/10\/coastie-accused-of-plotting-terror-attacks-wants-gun-charges-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastie accused of plotting terror attacks wants gun charges dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GREENBELT, Md. \u2014 A federal judge said Monday that he will decide by the end of this week whether to dismiss gun charges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/02\/28\/coast-guard-officer-indicted-on-gun-and-drug-charges\/\" target=_blank>against a Coast Guard lieutenant<\/a> accused of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/01\/coast-guard-officer-called-terrorist-due-back-in-court\/\" target=_blank> stockpiling combat gear and compiling a hit list <\/a>of prominent Democrats and TV journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Hasson, 50, is asking U.S. District Judge George Hazel in Maryland to dismiss three of the four counts in his indictment. The judge didn&#8217;t immediately rule Monday after hearing testimony from expert witnesses and arguments from attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasson&#8217;s lawyers argue that two of the four counts in his indictment, both charging him with unlawful possession of firearm silencers, violate his Second Amendment right to bear arms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant federal public defender Cullen Macbeth said the Second Amendment protects silencers along with firearms and ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Courts have given the word &#8216;arms&#8217; an expansive interpretation,&#8221; Macbeth said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prosecutor, however, said other courts already have held that the Second Amendment doesn&#8217;t cover silencers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You can use guns just fine without silencers,&#8221; said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Windom.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/28\/white-nationalism-remains-a-problem-for-the-military-poll-shows\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">White nationalism remains a problem for the military, poll suggests<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A survey of Military Times readers last fall found that more than half of non-white troops have seen signs of white nationalism and racist ideology.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasson also is charged with possession of firearms by unlawful user or addict of a controlled substance, and illegal possession of tramadol, an opioid painkiller. Defense attorneys are asking Hazel to dismiss the other gun charge on different grounds. They haven\u2019t sought the pretrial dismissal of the drug charge, a misdemeanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors have called Hasson a domestic terrorist intent on carrying out a mass killing, but they haven&#8217;t filed any terrorism-related charges against him since his February arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a hearing earlier this year, Windom said the government had no doubt that Hasson&#8217;s arrest prevented bloodshed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasson is a self-described white nationalist who has espoused extremist views for years and \u201cintends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country,\u201d Windom wrote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasson also drafted an email in which he said he was \u201cdreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth,\u201d Windom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public defender Liz Oyer has said prosecutors haven&#8217;t filed terrorism-related charges against Hasson because they haven&#8217;t found any evidence to back up those allegations. She accused prosecutors of seeking to punish Hasson for &#8220;private thoughts&#8221; that he never shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors have said Hasson created what appeared to be a computer-spreadsheet hit list that included Democratic presidential hopefuls Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. Also mentioned were MSNBC&#8217;s Chris Hayes and Joe Scarborough and CNN&#8217;s Chris Cuomo and Van Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasson also targeted two Supreme Court justices and two social media company executives and searched online for their home addresses in March 2018, within minutes of searching firearm sales websites, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators found 15 guns, including seven rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition at Hasson&#8217;s basement apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland. He researched how to make homemade bombs and mortars, studied sniper training and used his government computer to search for information about Nazis and Adolf Hitler, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge didn&#8217;t hear any testimony or arguments about the government&#8217;s terrorism-related allegations during Monday&#8217;s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/09\/04\/the-neo-nazi-boot-inside-one-marines-descent-into-extremism\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MAR-Cover-inside-0909.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The neo-Nazi boot: Inside one Marine\u2019s descent into extremism<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Battling violent hate threats \u2014 from within the Corps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defense expert said gun owners primarily want to use silencers for hearing protection and to increase the accuracy of some firearms. 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