A B’nai B’rith chapter prevented a white supremacist from appearing at a gun show in Nevada. The show’s promoter and the Reno Hilton agreed to ban Randy Weaver after the group threatened to protest the event. Weaver was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 1993 after a standoff with the FBI in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in which his wife and son were killed. As a result of that incident, Weaver became a hero to many extremist and militia groups.
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