Let me give you a little more information about
Ruby Ridge. Randy and Vicki Weaver moved to a homestead in Idaho. The
Feds wanted Weaver to infiltrate a white supremacists group and a pair
of agents pressured him into cutting the barrel on a shotgun for them.
(This is entrapment but the Feds will break the law anytime that they
feel it benefits them.) When he refused to join a white supremacist
group as a spy, they brought him up on charges of violating the NFA of
1934. It was later discovered that the barrels had been cut twice, once
by Weaver and again by an agent. The length was not under length until
AFTER the agent cut it the second time. When Weaver got out on bail, he
returned to his homestead. He was more than a bit paranoid about the
government, so he refused to show up for his trial and the judge issued
an arrest warrant for him. At that point the feds did their usual over
reaction and sent a bunch of US Marshals and the FBI HRT to raid his
homestead. A pair of Marshals were sneaking up on the house and the
family dog began barking. Randy's 14 yr old son and a family friend went
to see what the dog was barking at. When the Marshals shot the dog,
Randy Weaver's son returned fire on the bushes that the Marshals were
hiding behind. While the 14 yr old fatally wounded one Deputy Marshal,
the Marshals shot at the 14 yr old and the family friend, wounding the
family friend and fatally wounding Randy Weaver's son. The family friend
helped Weaver's mortally wounded son to an out building. He then went
into the house and told Weaver what had happened. Weaver and the friend
went to the outbuilding to see his son's body. On the way back to the
house, Weaver was wounded by another government shooter, and as he
entered the home, FBI shooter (I refuse to call anyone who shoots at
unidentified targets a sniper) Lon Horiuchi fired at a shadow through
the window in the door striking Vicki Weaver in the head as she stood
there with her infant daughter in her arms. Subsequently the feds tried
to charge Randy Weaver and his friend for the death of the US Marshal.
They were both acquitted. The state of Idaho tried to charge Lon
Horiuchi for the death of Vicki Weaver but the feds blocked the
indictment and relocated Horiuchi to parts unknown. While the feds
refused to admit to any wrongdoing, they did agree to a $3 million
settlement to avoid going to trial on the wrongful death lawsuit that
Randy Weaver brought against the government.
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