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In May 2016, a story appeared on a little-known web site called ImmediateSafety.org, reporting that anti-gun activists (led by Jane Seymore of the Department of Protecting Everyone) were installing red porch lights to show that they live in gun-free homes: In case the racially tinged reporting wasn't a dead giveaway, consider the name of the group that allegedly spearheaded the campaign: Department of Protecting Everyone (D.O.P.E.) and the name of the author of the article, Dr. I.M. Swindler, whose bio reads: While there is no overt acknowledgement that the site is intended as satire, the titles of other stories it has published make it clear, such as: Donald Trump Actually the Outer God Nyarlathotep, Sewer Rats in Los Angeles Becoming Sentient, and Surviving Alien Abduction: A Users Guide for 2016.
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