The Shooter Von Brunn: Not Just a Jewish Problem

By Rob Eshman

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/why_von_brunn_doesnt_matter_20090610/

That’s the key phrase to remember in thinking about the attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial June 10 that left a security guard dead and another man wounded.
The shooter, an 88 year old white supremiscist named James W. von Brunn, entered the museum, leveled a shotgun at the two closest victims, and pulled the trigger.
Von Brunn decided to cap a long life devoted to the senseless hatred of Jews with a senseless act of violence.

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