Time to "tread on insurrectionists"?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Ricter, Jun 10, 2014.

  1. Ricter

    Ricter

    Excerpt:
    "As for George Washington, who Jerad Miller invoked by name, it doesn't take a great deal of imagination to predict how Washington would have dealt with Cliven Bundy and armed extremists who brandish their weapons at officers of the law. In July 1794, Washington had to face such a crisis when farmers in Western Pennsylvania took up arms in protest of a federal whiskey tax and used violence and intimidation to prevent collectors from doing their job. The unrest culminated with more than 500 armed rebels attacking the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville.

    "Washington, who was president at the time, had seen enough, and used his power as Commander-in-Chief to call up the state militia. He explained that "the essential interests of the Union demand it" and added, "the very existence of government and the fundamental principles of social order are materially involved in the issue." Then the great general of the Revolutionary War mounted his horse and rode out at the head of 13,000 real militiamen to confront the rebels. In the face of this show of force, the farmers called off their insurrection. The rebellion was broken."


    In Wake of Las Vegas Killings, It's Time to Tread on Insurrectionists
    Posted: 06/10/2014 8:13 am EDT

    "On Sunday, our nation endured another gruesome tragedy when pro-gun extremist Jerad Miller and his wife Amanda allegedly ambushed two police officers -- Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31 -- in a Las Vegas pizza restaurant and shot them dead. The Millers then draped the officers' bodies with a Gadsden Flag ("Don't Tread on Me"), confiscated their weapons and ammunition, and told onlookers they had witnessed the start of a "revolution."

    "The killers moved on to a nearby Walmart, where they shot and killed a concealed handgun permit holder who tried to intervene and proclaimed, "We're freedom fighters!" The terrifying episode finally ended when the Millers took their own lives as police closed in and opened fire.

    "Neighbors of the Millers in Lafayette, Indiana report that the two had a penchant for sharing racist, anti-government views and handing out "white-power propaganda." They also bragged about their gun collection, despite the fact that Jerad was a convicted felon with a long history of drug- and domestic violence-related offenses. On his Facebook page, Jerad Liked the National Rifle Association, the National Association for Gun Rights, Three Percenter Nation and Rand Paul and posted/shared an endless stream of pro-gun memes.

    "But perhaps the most interesting revelation is that the Millers were in Las Vegas because they had recently traveled to Bunkerville, Nevada to participate in Cliven Bundy's armed confrontation with law enforcement agents. On April 9, Jerad excitedly posted to his Facebook page, "Ranch war almost under way... We need to watch this closely, could be the next Waco and start of revolution." Ten days later, he provided the following update in a YouTube comment:

    "I was out there but they told me and my wife to leave because I am a felon. They don't seem to understand that they are all felons now for intimidating law enforcement with deadly weapons ... We sold everything we had to buy supplies and quit our jobs to be there 24/7."

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  2. Max E.

    Max E.

    What do you have against erections? :D j/k
     
  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    For you? I guess I could direct you over to Krugman's blog... :D
     
  4. Max E.

    Max E.

    Nothing could make a conservative lose his surection quicker than reading a couple sentences from krugman.
     
  5. jem

    jem

  6. As usual, libturds don't even wait until the bodies are cold to try and exploit anything involving guns for their un-American agenda. And of course the fact that these idiots were kicked out of the Bundy ranch doesn't keep libturds from twisting that non-association for their purposes.