Perhaps we have become trapped in one view of what constitutes the terrorist threat, and as the case of Mr. Schmidt shows, that’s a problem. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe notion of a “Bowling Green massacre,” of course, has been in the news recently. Ms. Conway had Bowling Green, Ky., in mind, but she eventually conceded there had been no massacre there. As a result, Mr. Schmidt spent 13 years in prison on a manslaughter conviction and was legally barred from owning firearms. agents came to believe Mr. Schmidt had been planning his own string of racially motivated attacks on African-American and Jewish community leaders.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2017 15:00 UTC