We should keep our feet on the ground here. There may be a couple hundred people up there. People get packages in the mail sometimes. They also appear to be selling books and running schools.
One of the most startling things in this article is the young teenage SENTRY. What would a peace loving village of children and adults just communing with nature and learning art appreciation need a SENTRY for?
The nonchalant way that is written makes it sound as though this is just something one sees daily, a kid with a gun guarding a "village".
I don't think it said he had a gun. Would a kid be the sentry if it was a serious security effort? It sounds more like an effort to be aware when people enter the compound. Anyone can drive in with the gates open.
Having said that, this whole thing concerns me. I have a personal interest in this. I don't know what those people are up to but I know what they COULD be up to. I hope the government is keeping very close tabs on what is happening there. However, I am not going to abandon reason and react to everything fact is if they are imminent threats. Let's keep our heads.
I don't have time to read over 400 posts. Has anyone heard an official or unofficial statement from government law enforcement, about their investigation of these Fresno area compounds? Recalling wiser times and wiser leaders, they should all be detained indefinitely, until cleared. We had little to no subversive acts, after rounding up the Japanese, following Pearl Harbor.
I am concerned about what they COULD be up to. If the official law enforcement gives all clear to situations like this, and then something DOES happen, I sense a time when people won't wait for the government to make more mistakes.
As to the Sentry. The news account on television described them as having armed guards at the gate. I assumed then, (and yes, I know what assume means:)) that the sentry would have been armed. I don't know if he was or not of course, and don't care to get close enough to find out.