The reason this case is silent because it proves the government is not your friendly big brother looking out for you, and that being armed does deter the government from doing unjust and unlawful things to you, your family, your friends, and your property.
Did you read the story? Being armed is explicitly what deterred the government from doing unjust and unlawful things to them.
This is precisely why the 2nd ammendment was created.
Did you read the story? Being armed is explicitly what deterred the government from doing unjust and unlawful things to them.
This is precisely why the 2nd ammendment was created.
That's quite the hot take. Here are the actual facts (link below):
-Bundy was heading his cattle in various places, including BLM-owned land. He stopped paying permit fees in 1993.
-The BLM gave him 20 years and finally confronted him to collect the fees *while his cattle were on government land*. The situation got heated, guns were drawn. The government backed off.
-While Bundy was flying to Portland, OR to participate in another armed standoffs against the government, they arrested him for his earlier actions
-The case got dropped because of a technicality (which should be the real takeaway: the government prosecutors withheld evidence to try and increase their chances of a conviction)
-Bundy has been in the news for 6 years But he's an a-hole that says things like "black people are better off when they're slaves".
-Bundy still grazes his cattle on government land without paying fees, so stay tuned, kids! Let's see how this works out.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliven_Bundy
It seems I should have done some research. This definitely is more nuanced then it seems at first glance. I still think he was in the right though. Federal land isn't Federal land. It's the people's land. Governments are created by the citizenry to serve the citizens and are funded by them. They can't take your money and tell you something isn't yours. That makes them no longer public servants which, in my mind, makes them in control when they are not.
Doesn't matter how much of an asshole he is. The feds were both wrong, and dirty. If this is how they treat people when we can fight back, why in the fuck would we want anything besides better guns and more ammo.
This is precisely why the 2nd ammendment was created.
This is precisely why the 2nd ammendment was created.
-Bundy was heading his cattle in various places, including BLM-owned land. He stopped paying permit fees in 1993.
-The BLM gave him 20 years and finally confronted him to collect the fees *while his cattle were on government land*. The situation got heated, guns were drawn. The government backed off.
-While Bundy was flying to Portland, OR to participate in another armed standoffs against the government, they arrested him for his earlier actions
-The case got dropped because of a technicality (which should be the real takeaway: the government prosecutors withheld evidence to try and increase their chances of a conviction)
-Bundy has been in the news for 6 years But he's an a-hole that says things like "black people are better off when they're slaves".
-Bundy still grazes his cattle on government land without paying fees, so stay tuned, kids! Let's see how this works out.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliven_Bundy