The Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club (SOAMC), also known as the Reaper Crew, is a fictional outlaw motorcycle club from the FX television series Sons of Anarchy. The club was formed by John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston, two Vietnam War veterans, in 1967 in Charming, California. Six of the original nine members were war veterans.

Their logo is a grim reaper wielding an M-16 with scythe blade and holding a crystal ball. The Sons' motto is "Fear the Reaper", and their colors are blue and black. The club has 28 chapters worldwide.

In North America, these are located in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, New England, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming in the United States, and Alberta and Manitoba in Canada. There are also a number of chapters in England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. The series follows the club's Mother Chapter, the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, or SAMCRO.

The chapter's current President is Clay Morrow and his Vice-President is Jax Teller. Their primary business is importing illegal weapons and selling them to drug gangs in the East Bay, along with protection runs for local businesses by protecting valuable truck shipments from hijacking. They also protect Charming from outside gangs who try to manufacture and sell drugs, mainly methamphetamine, there.

Naturally, their main enemy is the White supremacist Nordics gang who specialize in the meth trade. The fact that the Sons of Anarchy are racially diverse also puts them at odds. They also have to deal with a rival Oakland-based motorcycle club, the Mayans, who control the neighboring territory of Nevada.

The Sons of Anarchy also have a number of allies, in the form of the True IRA, which supplies them with illegal Russian-made guns, and the One-Niners, an African American street gang to which SAMCRO sells weapons, and various affiliates in the state prison system. The club was formed in 1967 by John Teller and Piermont "Piney" Winston, following their return from service as paratroopers during the Vietnam War. The first chapter was founded in Charming, California and originally had only nine members, six of whom were war veterans.

Teller was the President up until his death in 1993, when Clay Morrow took over. Under Morrow, the club began trafficking in weapons and began to evolve along the lines of the stereotypical one percenter biker gang. However, the club was originally formed as a form of social rebellion for men who simply wanted freedom and no longer wished to live by society's rules.

They also tried to protect the people of Charming from outside gangs and drug dealers, rather than exploit them. Between 1991 and 1993, SAMCRO were at war with the Mayans because they tried to expand their drug-dealing operations into Northern California. Season 1, set circa 2008, begins with the Sons of Anarchy finding their warehouse used to store illegal weapons being burned down in Charming, California.

They suspect that the Mayans have destroyed it and stolen the weapons, and retaliate by stealing the guns back from an industrial storage warehouse in San Leandro. The attack does not go as smoothly as anticipated, however, as three Mayans and a member of the Nordics turn up while they are inside the building. They then have no choice but to kill them to escape.

They also retrieve their weapons which were being stored there, and burn down the building. Meanwhile, the One-Niners are impatient that their shipment of guns has been delayed but grant the Sons of Anarchy a number of days to deliver them. Almost simultaneously, the Nordics begin selling methamphetamine in Charming, prompting a swift and violent response from the Sons of Anarchy.

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