Libertarian Activist Plans To Run for President on Platform of Abolishing the Federal Government
Was arrested after filming himself loading shotgun in D.C
FAIRFAX, Va. - Anti-government activist Adam Kokesh, who is currently jailed on drug charges and is facing a firearms charge in D.C., says he will someday run for President on a platform of abolishing the federal government.
Since July 9th, 31-year old Adam Kokesh has been incarcerated in a cell in the Fairfax County jail which measures seven by seven-and-a-half feet.
On Independence Day, Kokesh had a colleague record a video of the pro-gun activist loading a shotgun on D.C.'s Freedom Plaza. The District has strict gun control laws that generally forbid the carrying of firearms. U.S. Park Police and D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department opened an investigation.
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Isn't that more of a campaign for a Constitutional Convention in the 50 states, rather than a presidential one?