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I am 100% in support of what you've said, but there is one case where someone surprisingly got away with armed resistance against the government: Cliven Bundy[0
by smcl 3y ago
I am 100% in support of what you've said, but there is one case where someone surprisingly got away with armed resistance against the government: Cliven Bundy[0]. The guy just stopped paying the government to graze his cattle on common ground, the feds came to sieze his cattle as a form of payment and were confronted with hundreds of armed guys he managed to rally to his cause. They backed down and left.
It's not quite the story of the little guy standing up for what's right against a tyrannical government though, just suggests that in some parts of the US if you show up with enough guns and outnumber someone you can intimidate them and get away with it.
[0] - no that is not a typo, his name is "Cliven"
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoYou mean that guy that wanted free grazing and used public (our) land without permission? or paying? Used those same guns to keep others off the ground? That selfish money-grubbing demagogue? Yeah that was a high point in US history for sure.
- smcl 3y agoYep that's the one, doesn't seem like a very nice guy as evidenced by his Wikipedia page having a special "Racist Comments" section. Reading that page a bit more suggests that he's actually pretty lucky to not be in prison after his confrontations with the government. Turns out the prosecution were inept and his trial got thrown out: > On January 8, 2018, Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial and dismissed the charges because the federal government had withheld potentially exculpatory evidence
- jtbayly 3y agoI haven’t read about it, but that quote doesn’t make it sound like the fed was inept but rather corrupt, which is where we started talking about why people want guns.
- smcl 3y agoHe got into this situation because they were waving their guns around, and got out of it through the courts. You're suggesting there should have been a threat of gun violence against the prosecutor and that this somehow would've helped his situation?
- jtbayly 3y agoNo. I’m suggesting that government corruption is a major reason people want guns.
- techdmn 3y agoWhite right-wing extremist escapes consequences for violent action, news at 11!