“they are prepared to use deadly force “
The BLM used “deadly force” in killing Bundy’s cattle, but was it reasonable under the circumstances?
Anyone actually prepared to defend himself or herself, and their family, is prepared to use reasonable force under the circumstances—which may include deadly force. So what Shaw is saying isn’t really that extraordinary.
Of course DUmpster Divers—and even a few here—will fluster: “I swan! Oh my goodness gracious, me oh my—`Deadly force’! That’s really extreme, maybe even racist, Heavens to Murgatroyd—where are my smelling salts!?”
Not wishing to derail the thread, I have to mention as an aside that I got a kick out of "I swan!". It's an interesting idiom, primarily used in the South. I only occasionally hear it nowadays but in my younger days, it was used more frequently, along with "play pretty". Those regionalisms do take me back to what I think was a better time in America.
“Our little fighter “Brave” couldn’t be brave anymore. He left us early this morning. We tried all night to help him and save him but he was to abused. The BLM and those contract cowboys should be ashamed. Those were not real cowboys, real cowboys know how to take care of cattle. Not kill them!”
Clive Bundy, on one of the baby cows that died today.
The BLM had full intentions of putting the Bundys in the same holes they put the cows they slaughtered. If it had not been for the crowd [witnesses]that had gathered there, they would have. And if it had not been for the internet, the crowd [witnesses] would not have been there.