The lunacy lives on. I remember all the talk about black helicopters and UN takeovers back then. What ever happened to all that? It seems to me like a vicious cycle. The paranoids have weapons because the Feds are murdering American families. The Feds are trigger-happy because the paranoids are armed to the gills. Someone is going to get hurt.
You shouldn't confuse condemnation with what the government did in this case with an endorsement of the Weaver's beliefs. That's the same mistake Gerry's friend made in that letter posted earlier. You really ought to take the time to read Gerry's reply.
Let's assume for the sake of argument everything you think about the Weavers is true. Does that give the government the right to send paramilitary forces to execute them? That's what this is about for most people.
When you start to dig into the case you then realize he wasn't a tax evader, gun runner, bank robber, white supremacist, or even a violent revolutionary. Was he paranoid about the government? You bet, and in the end his paranoia proved correct.
The facts are clear. He wasn't convicted and the government paid millions to his children for murdering their mother. The facts are clear and they are not in dispute.
>>>I remember all the talk about black helicopters and UN takeovers back then. What ever happened to all that?<<<
Have you been living in a cave? The feds have used black-colored helicopters for decades. As for the U.S., the U.N. is relentless in their desire to exercise control over all nations (and if we get another Clintonista type government it may happen). Their most recent venture is for a global CO2 tax.
"The paranoids have weapons because the Feds are murdering American families."
No, your so called "paranoids" have weapons for the same reasons most gun owners have weapons. To hunt, and to defend ourselves and our families if need be.
I assume you don't have any weapons yourself since you are so dead set against them. We already know you will surrender yourself and your family at the drop of a hat. You have stated so here today yourself.
Americans have a Constitutional right to own weapons for self defense. The citizen himself is his own front line of defense. Not the BATF, the FBI or the local beat cop. They won't be there when you are under siege by some thug/s.
Course we here already know that you will surrender to thug/s your life, your wife, and your children. Especially if he is wearing full dress camos and has a gun.
Not all of us are as timid and weak as you. We tend to protect our families from thugs, and yes even govt thugs if need be.
You can call that lunacy all you want. But no matter how many times you repeat it, that does not make it so.
Sure, it's not looney to surrender at the drop of a hat as you would. But it is chicken****.
Any man that is not willing to defend his family as well as his G-d given rights has no standing with me.
In the tone of cousin Vinny, "I'm done with this guy."