01-20-2016, 12:28 PM
(01-20-2016, 06:46 AM)Maggot Wrote: I can understand the slow reduction in liberty resulting in people snapping. A little here a little there until someone gets pissed. Its not right but I can see it happening more in the next few years. This takeover thing is not really a gun issue its more of a government encroachment issue and the results of increased laws.
It's not a gun rights issue. That's true. It's only a gun issue in the sense that guns are being used to threaten law enforcement in the commission of the militias' crimes.
Anyway, it's not a case of slow reduction of liberties causing those guys to 'snap' either, in my view.
The Bundys have refused to recognize the federal government (except when they want federal loans, of course) and pay taxes for generations. Adhering to longstanding laws that conflict with their sense of entitlement, control, and Mormon beliefs is something they refuse to do. No snapping -- they've wanted to determine how federal land is used and secure preferential treatment for themselves and those with whom they identify, displacing others in the process, for a long time. They're not fighting against 'tyranny', they're fighting for power and profits.
What I am seeing is a slow reduction in law enforcement pursuit and action against such extremists, along with expanded media sources/coverage, emboldening these types of protesters to continue committing crimes.