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To: ChildOfThe60s
Waco & Ruby Ridge were well beyond egregious. And neither was properly addressed politically or legally.

The Oklahoma City Bombing took the wind out of any official investigation into Waco. Officially explained as having happened in retaliation for Waco, blamed on gunowners and militia groups, the bombing not only dampened zeal for taking the agencies responsible for Waco to task, it also was spun in the media to vilify Constitutionalists, militia members, gun owners, and people who were concerned in general with government excess as dangerous potential terrorists in the public mind. The backlash against gunowners (even thought the weapon involved was not a firearm) was significant enough that the Assault Weapons Ban repeal effort stalled in its tracks.

The media used this, even then the Ministry of Propaganda, to put a serious damper on opposition to government--something which gave the Clintons considerably more freedom to conduct bid'ness as usual.

Ruby Ridge did have some repercussions, largely due to Gerry Spence taking the case for Randy Weaver pro bono, and not only defeating charges, but winning large settlements for the survivors of the incident.

However, in neither case were government agents taken to task, either in court or in official actions within their respective agencies.

195 posted on 01/03/2016 12:34:54 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

And the fastest death sentence carried out in forever !


237 posted on 01/03/2016 2:05:57 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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