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72 Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Boston
zero hedge ^ | Jun 20, 2016 1:33 PM | Tyler Durden

Posted on 06/23/2016 5:03:52 PM PDT by vannrox

It could never happen here, right?

Boston – National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.

Speaking after the clash, the Massachusetts Governor declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement.

The Governor blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group’s organizers as “criminals,” issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government’s efforts to secure law and order.

The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons.

The Governor issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms.

One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that “none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily.”

Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government’s plans.

During a tense standoff in the Lexington town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists.

Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.

Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces over-matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.

The Governor has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as “ringleaders” of the extremist faction, remain at large.

And this fellow Americans, is how the American Revolution began, April 20, 1775.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
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To: GregoTX

Oh, that is perfect.


61 posted on 06/24/2016 8:39:17 PM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: GregoTX

Ping!


62 posted on 06/30/2016 12:04:57 PM PDT by TheCause ("that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States")
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Have the kids do it as a class project and have them act it out in a play. That would really make it real to them.


63 posted on 07/01/2016 7:19:56 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: lonevoice

Judge Bork summed up how the left took over the colleges in his book “Slouching towards Gomorrah”. They began their planning in 1962 with the Students for Democratic Action and they put their communists in place at a number of universities then started the campus takeovers in 1968.


64 posted on 07/01/2016 7:25:46 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: Rurudyne

There will be more Wacos if Hillary is elected.


65 posted on 07/01/2016 7:42:15 AM PDT by cradle of freedom
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To: cradle of freedom

Your government only wants to help you....

... why else would every federal agency be so heavily armed?


66 posted on 07/01/2016 7:45:40 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: vannrox

Hopefully that revolutionary spirit has not evolved out of the DNA of the people of Massachusetts, or the rest of the country.

Happy 4th of July fellow American patriots.


67 posted on 07/01/2016 8:04:02 AM PDT by mom.mom
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To: NonValueAdded

Please add me to your ping list.


68 posted on 07/02/2017 4:08:34 PM PDT by OKSooner (Never take a known wise-ass to the shooting range.)
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To: boomop1
History will be repeated.

Maybe, but not in Boston.

69 posted on 07/02/2017 4:27:11 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: vannrox

ITS CALLED INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR A REASON.

COMMUNISTS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


70 posted on 07/02/2017 4:28:26 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: OKSooner

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71 posted on 07/02/2017 7:52:30 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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