All of you scream "entrapment" yet Weaver actually thought he was selling sawed off shotguns to a friggin Aryan Biker who was going to resell them to black "mud people" gangs, who would only use them to kill each other.
He did it for the money. Thats not entrapment.
My original premise still stands. Weaver and his wife let her "visions" and their paranoia put thier kids at risk. Its was stupid. He would still have his wife today.
I admit the fools that ran the attack on his house screwed up big time, but he was still the one responsible for his childrens safety.
How are you today?
What you say in your reply about Mr. Weaver is not completely unreasonable to me. We disagree.
To wit, "Weaver and his wife let her 'visions' and their paranoia put their kids at risk. Its was stupid."
It's trite but true but... there's no law against being "stupid" and no harm. Of course stupidity cannot be used as an excuse if other laws are violated.
We totally disagree on how "it all got started" and the family was put at risk. So be it.
Maybe it's my disposition as a confirmed "loner" but I find nothing wrong with being that kind of stupid.
We certainly agree that "the fools that ran the attack on his house screwed up big time."
As for Klamath Falls, yes in the beginning there were some outsiders trying to help the farmers and merchants. The outsiders had a score to settle with the government -- they were mostly from the spotted-owl-devastated lumber industry, I believe. There may have been some of the type you mention, also. They were not welcomed.
I would like to see any valid sources that the groups you mentioned had any influence at Klamath Falls. I certainly recall that every effort was made to exclude them.
Randy Weaver is my first cousin,our dads were
brothers...even though I do not share his politics, I do
know he was not as radical as the media made him out to be.
If you have not gotten the facts straight after this
long,it really does not matter. Everyone has their opinion
on this tragic event. Sometimes paranoia is
justified...Simply because I am his cousin,I wonder if I am
in some dossier in a little corner of some overzealous
government law enforcement agent..In the 70's I broke a few
laws. Who knows? kellyw