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Shortly before dawn on August 21, 1992, six heavily armed U.S. marshals made their way up to the isolated mountaintop home of Randy and Vicki Weaver and their children on Ruby Ridge in Northern Idaho. Charged with selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to an undercover agent, Weaver had failed to appear in court and law enforcement was tasked with bringing him in. For months, the Weavers had been holed up on their property with a cache of firearms, including automatic weapons. When the federal agents surveilling the property crossed paths with members of the family, a firefight broke out. The standoff that mesmerized the nation would leave Weaver injured, his wife and son dead, and some convinced that the federal government was out of control. Drawing upon eyewitness accounts, including interviews with Weaver's daughter, Sara, and federal agents involved in the confrontation, Ruby Ridge is a riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia movement.
Poster Comment:
Jack McLamb was instrumental in ending the siege at Ruby Ridge.
#1: ghostdogtxn To: BTP Holdings (#0)
ghostdogtxn posted on 2022-05-08 23:30:26 Reply Private Reply
#2: Esso To: ghostdogtxn (#1)
Ancient history, Dad. What do you suppose "The Mary Poppins of disinformation" has in store for us?
I'm too old to be afraid.
Esso posted on 2022-05-08 23:46:20 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: Esso (#2)
Those who fail to know history are doomed to repeat it.
We have a new manager where I work. He is Canadian. He married a woman here so that is how he came to be here.
He told me, "In Canada if there is a fight it is fist on fist. Here one or both might pull guns."
I guarantee you he cannot say exactly WHY the British marched on Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
That is not only beyond his pay grade, but they do not teach U.S. history in Canadian schools. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2022-05-13 06:05:44 Reply Private Reply
#4: Lod To: BTP Holdings, all (#0)
Bo Gritz is the man...finally
Lod posted on 2022-05-13 08:47:08 Reply Private Reply
#5: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#4)
Yes. Randy Weaver was indeed a Green Beret. Bo brought a body bag for Vickie. She laid in that house for eight days in her own blood. Then there was Sammy Weaver whose body was in the shed. Bo finally talked Randy Weaver out of the house. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2022-05-13 14:04:44 Reply Private Reply
#6: Bill D Berger To: Bill D Berger (#5)
Bill D Berger posted on 2022-05-15 01:55:07 Reply Private Reply