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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:44 PM Feb 2016

Dad says Nevada holdout at refuge learned government distrust from him

By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 | 12:52 p.m.

RENO — ... Jeffery Banta, an Ohio man and a married couple from Idaho are the only ones who have continued the siege ...

The elder Banta describes himself as "a very bitter man."

"I love my country, but I don't love our politicians. The government's hands are in too damn many areas of our private life," he said.

"I actually think there is going to be a civil war between the people," he said. "They tell us this is a country of freedom, but they try to take all our civil rights away. They're trying to take our guns away, but it's not the gun's fault. That's the way we protect our families" ...


http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/feb/04/dad-says-nevada-holdout-at-refuge-learned-governme/

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Dad says Nevada holdout at refuge learned government distrust from him (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2016 OP
Father of a holdout disappointed his son charged struggle4progress Feb 2016 #1
Awww Politicalboi Feb 2016 #2
Wow, Wellstone ruled Feb 2016 #3

struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
1. Father of a holdout disappointed his son charged
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 06:53 PM
Feb 2016
The father of one of the last four occupiers of a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon says he is disappointed his son has been named in a grand jury indictment ... William Fry of Ohio is the father of David Fry ... William Fry told the AP on Thursday he had been hoping for a more positive outcome. He defended his son for standing up for his beliefs ...

http://tdn.com/news/national/the-latest-father-of-a-holdout-disappointed-his-son-charged/article_b9821c1c-8a61-50c5-926b-9e3fff720923.html
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
2. Awww
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 07:02 PM
Feb 2016

"They're trying to take our guns away, but it's not the gun's fault. That's the way we protect our families" ...

Poor little guns get blamed for everything

They're taken our guns away.

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