Why Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes wears an eyepatch:

[tblue37]

Explained by Jake Tapper: "In 1993, he dropped a loaded handgun and it shot him in the face, blinding him in his left eye."

[Grasswire2]

1. oh, and I thought maybe he got a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. nt

[Thomas Hurt]

2. LOL, but of course, I mean anything else would have been astounding.

A one-eyed fascist has to have shot himself.

[Frustratedlady]

3. Is that why his estranged wife said he was a bad shot?

Sounds like he ricocheted too high. Just thinkin'.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This idiot was a gun instructor at the time

[tblue37]

5. Reminds me of this:

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[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. That never fails to make me laugh

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Damn it you beat me to it.

YouTube is full of dumb fucks with guns.

[Poiuyt]

16. That was great!

I hadn't seen it before

[joshcryer]

8. Dropped out of the military...

...became a valet, then a gun instructor... shot his eye out. Interned for Ron Paul. Went to Yale. Started Oath Keepers. Grifted his entire life and was a failure at even the most simplistic things.

[sop]

6. He probably shot out his left eye because he didn't agree with its political point of view.

[Ohio Joe]

7. Heh

[JustAnotherGen]

9. Oops

Klutz with a gun.

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. That's not a reason.

Most people who lost an eye would probably get a prosthesis rather than continue wearing an eyepatch. My guess is that he wants to look like the guy in the Hathaway shirt ads.

[GaYellowDawg]

11. I thought it was because

In a kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Give him another loaded gun? What would happen?

[lame54]

15. He's the owner of a...

Red Ryder bb gun with a compass in the stock