Three Percenters
American and Canadian far-right militia group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Three Percenters[lower-alpha 1] are an American and Canadian far-right anti-government militia.[2][3][4][5]
Formation | 2008; 16 years ago (2008) |
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Founder | Michael "Mike" Brian Vanderboegh |
Dissolved | February 21, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-21) (as national organization, local groups continue) |
Legal status | Inactive |
Location | |
Region | North America |
The group advocates gun ownership rights and resistance to the U.S. federal government.[6][7] The group's name derives from the erroneous[8][9] claim that "the active forces in the field against the King's tyranny never amounted to more than 3% of the colonists" during the American Revolution.[10]
The group is based in the U.S. with a presence in Canada. It has been described as the "most dangerous" extremist group in Canada.[6]
On February 21, 2021, their leadership dissolved the American national group in response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, condemning the violence.[11] Multiple factions of the group and others adhering to the Three Percenter movement participated in the attack.[12] In June 2021, six men associated with the group were indicted in the U.S. for conspiracy, and Canada declared the group a terrorist entity.[13]