I barely remember Ruby Ridge. I was a kid.
Ruby Ridge... 1992! We had just closed escrow on the house we live in now (and are trying to sell). I was busy keeping a 10 and 13 yr/o from killing themselves. I just remember it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Weaver did have a warrant for his arrest, but because he was given 3 different appear dates, he thought it was a set up. He’s not innocent in this. But I think the gov’t blew this up out of proportion. It was a fuster cluck in my opinion, on both sides. Weaver sold 2 sawed off shotguns to an undercover ATF agent, that prompted the FBI to want Weaver to be an informant, he refused... the rest is an ugly history.
Petey