Goon squads are as old as the hills.
GOONS are usually armed which is in direct proportion to their courage. The more cowardly a goon is the more likely they will kill someone.

It is fundamentally wrong to use goon squads but this is what the right accepts as being strong, committed and patriotic.

I knew a goon who joked about the sounds his victim made when he fatally shot black kids who would hide under cars. WHile he is no longer a DC policemen. He will always be a goon. Was he warped by serving in Viet Nam? Sure, but I believe he was goon material before he was sent there.

Is he a terrorist? Not by the language I used for 50 years.
We had a special section in hell for "mad bombers".