largeb789 t1_j8xpyrw wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:22 PM

Reply to comment by glockster19m in Rep. Jason Gerhard (R-Northfield) sponsoring a bill to allow convicted felons to legally possess firearms by [deleted]

But it could have turned violent. They had traps in place. They were non compliant with the law.

glockster19m t1_j8xqd1r wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:24 PM

But again, it didn't turn violent

If anything it's an example of how easily the government could have avoided violence had they wanted to in similar situations like Ruby Ridge

largeb789 t1_j8xrzvm wrote on February 17, 2023 at 6:35 PM

Ed Brown "vowed to resist arrest violently and die rather than go to prison." The only reason the standoff didn't turn violent was the marshals were able to trick them. I don't think Ruby Ridge would have unfolded the same way. I'm glad the feds learned from that and realized they were dealing with a couple nutters.