Posted on 04/23/2014 10:59:33 AM PDT by Rusty0604
That’s a little harder to do, these days.
I don’t have any secrets, all I say and do is right out in front of God and everybody else.
"They" in this case was a BATF under cover individual who took two years to befriend Weaver. Living with and staying with the Weavers up in the mountains there in northern Idaho.
Weaver thought the guy was his friend and that year Weaver needed a little extra money for his family. He did not want to do this, he wanted to keep his shotgun, but since he needed some money and since he felt he could trust this individual he did so and cut the barrel where his "friend" indicated he wanted it cut.
The guy knew exactly what he was doing and knew that cut was too short and would make it illegal. it was the entire purpose of their "sting," on Weaver.
When the individual then revealed who he was working for, and asked again for Weaver to infiltrate said extremist groups but now using the threat of a crime to try and coerce Weaver, Weaver told him to go straight to hell and walked away.
We know what happened next.
The Federal Fiasco and Murder at Ruby Ridge
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