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The Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents were about not paying taxes. The Supreme Court said "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted kn
by ctdonath 14y ago
The Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents were about not paying taxes.
The Supreme Court said "Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife." In these cases, heavily armed agents raided homes for want of $200 in NFA manufacturing taxes; whether heavily-armored men crashing thru windows carrying automatic weapons actually fired the first shot, or baited the occupants into "threatening behavior", is irrelevant: the government killed people who didn't pay taxes.