[Michael Barnes]

???
I hope it's just me being dense tonight.

Firearms are like grandma's fine china. You only use it on very special occasions.

Not sure where ya wanted to go with that, but would you accept a city manager or council telling grandma she had to sell her china and buy a new set becuase the manager or council thought it was in the best interest?

Or taking up arms for private property rights?

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The latter. If people are unwilling to fight for their homes (that may have been in the family for years) - then there's not much left. And when legal recourse goes to the highest bidder (as it seems to do these days) -the options are limited. The problem, however, is that the "[fill in the blank] compound of separatists" or those in possession of "anti-government literature", or the "few facts are known at this time as to what caused the stand-off" can be too easily painted into an untenable corner with little in the way of opening the eyes of others.

I don't know the whole story here - but based on the above article I don't know what I would do if I were in the land-owners shoes.