Dressed in tactical gear, 23 year old Aiden Bruce-Umbaugh was pulled over in November in the West Texas town of Post.
In the car were an AR-15 rife, two AK-47s, a pistol, ammunition, marijuana and a vial of THC oil. He admitted they were his and that he smoked pot daily.
Prosecutors say he declared he was a nazi and was a member of the AtomWaffen Division hate group. Former US attorney in the Northern District of Texas. Richard Roper says "this is consistent with Attorney General Barr's priority to go after unlawful possessors of firearms. People that are criminals."
Propaganda videos admitted into evidence and released by the Court - which spew hateful rhetoric against Jews - depict members of the AtomWaffen Division at self-described "hate camps" practicing hand-to-hand combat and shooting firearms.
"Race war now!" they cry, before one displays a Nazi salute.
Matthew Orwig, former US attorney for the Eastern District of Texas says "when you mix a hate group with drug use and firearms, that's a deadly combination."
under federal law, drug users cannot possessing firearms. He could get up to ten years in prison for possession of firearms and ammunition by a prohibited person.