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Show of hands... How many of you have seen a KKKer in the wild? How many of you have heard someone say "let's go burn down that black family's house!" I've been to rallies, gun shows, on multiple discussion boards, and I've never seen it/heard it/read it.
While I didn't know it at the time (early jr. high years), one of my best friend's father was actually one of the (possibly main) KKK officials in the town I lived in. I spent a fair amount of time in their home, though I didn't interact with the father very much, because he worked a lot. Didn't strike me as odd, as my father worked a lot too.
While I never heard any outright threats of violence towards anyone, they did have a room in the basement which contained materials which could be combined in a fashion so as to be utilized for "stump and rock removal" at their cabin. That's what I was told, and at my age it was a perfectly viable response. Many people had mountain cabins. Were they also used for nefarious purposes? I have no idea, but don't remember news reports of bombings, suspicious or otherwise.

He (the father) was later arrested in an explosives selling sting. He was alleged to have ties to several tax protest and right-wing paramilitary groups (KKK, Posse Comitatus, among others).

So, after all that, I guess I not only know of one, but I actually knew one. As a side note, one of the older (high school aged) brothers went to a halloween kegger in what was described as a "unnervingly authentic looking" hooded white robe.