From past actions on their part and the use of their terms. and the fact that they sent 200 automatic weapon armed bloodthirsty mercs against one Rancher and his family. It was only when they realized that their hides were going to be among those punctured that they pulled in their horns.I sincerely and fervently hope that you are correct.
There’s not too many G-men, who are married, whose wife would want them playing soldier boy when they are outnumbered. They don’t want to get into a firefight that would start in Nevada and continue from coast to coast. Imagine driving a US Forestry vehicle or a BLM truck in Montana or
New Mexico and having to worry that every car, truck or RV within sight may contain an Oathkeeper who lost a relative or a friend at the Bundy Ranch Shootout.