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Posted on 06/28/2013 1:24:38 PM PDT by DelaWhere
Delaware Volunteer Guard shared America's Misled Patriots status. Tuesday Interesting take on events. Seventy-two killed resisting gun confiscation in Boston
BOSTON National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order. The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons.
Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms.
One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily." Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans. During a tense standoff in Lexington 's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.
Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units.
Colonel Smith, finding his forces over matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.
Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.
. . . And this, people, is how the American Revolution began .
April 20, 1775 Read this twice my friends. It is historical. ~GR
good one.
The government has been increasingly reliant on technology for intelligence gathering. Given the recent NSA, IRS, Google ,and Facebook revelations, the next revolution will have to rely on good old fashioned low tech methods coupled with awareness of the high tech surveillance methods.
Yep, recognized it, but it then made me think of the Virginian Patrick Henry... as well as ‘Live Free or Die’ in NH - all thoughts we will need to be dealing with in the near future.
LOL! That’s wonderful!
Saving for later
Oh, me, too. And I think the day is coming. The only question is, where will our Lexington be?
Not quite. The identical conditions apply today. As with King George, we have an out of control government today that is oppressing the people and limiting their freedom. The revolutionaries were fighting for the same concerns our Tea Party espouses such as limited government.
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MEGA DITTOS!We still have The SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“REBELLION TO TYRANNY IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD” JEFFERSON
They all went west and left behind a stateful of loyalists that don’t like liberty and prefer the warm fuzzy feel of socialism
Massachuttes is now Neo Europa.
Nice!
Clever.
Hey Hoss!
Gotta say when you DO show up around heah, you show up with a Bang!
Not if we take it to them, too.
Greetings JD - How’s things at the Gulch?
Every time I see a bread recipe, Granny had me trained to think of you! I still do... (Sure miss her)
Yeah, this old geezer is still kickin - just that at my age, we have to make those kicks as good as we can... hehehe
Plus, biggest garden ever and lots of freezing, canning, dehydrating going on... (would you believe - doing sweet corn BEFORE the 4th of July?) Good year so far...
BTW, I never stray very far from FR...
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