{"id":11247,"date":"2018-01-15T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=11247"},"modified":"2024-09-11T17:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T21:00:01","slug":"enraged-readers-cheer-federal-killings-of-gun-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/15\/enraged-readers-cheer-federal-killings-of-gun-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Enraged Readers Cheer Federal Killings of Gun Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My<strong> Hill<\/strong> oped, &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/368983-feds-misconduct-in-cliven-bundy-case-stems-from-ruby-ridge\">Fed&#8217;s misconduct in Cliven Bundy case stems from Ruby Ridge<\/a><\/strong>,&#8221; has spurred\u00a0more than\u00a0600 comments.\u00a0\u00a0 Some\u00a0commenters mistakenly asserted that the Bundys or their supporters had fired upon the feds.\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t happen &#8211; but that assumption sufficed to justify advocating preemptively killing many people.\u00a0\u00a0Some commenters believe the federal snipers\u00a0should have\u00a0slain any private citizen touting a gun at the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff.\u00a0 That was the Rule of Engagement that the FBI used at Ruby Ridge, where an FBI sniper gunned down all of the adults before any surrender demand was issued.\u00a0These following comments do provide\u00a0insight into how some political activists view reality and the American people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-ruby-ridge-crowd-got-what-they-deserved.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11274\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-ruby-ridge-crowd-got-what-they-deserved.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-ruby-ridge-crowd-got-what-they-deserved.jpg 644w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-ruby-ridge-crowd-got-what-they-deserved-150x26.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-all-terrorists-not-sure-might-be-sarcastic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11267\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-all-terrorists-not-sure-might-be-sarcastic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-all-terrorists-not-sure-might-be-sarcastic.jpg 553w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-all-terrorists-not-sure-might-be-sarcastic-150x21.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-feds-should-have-returned-fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11256\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-feds-should-have-returned-fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-feds-should-have-returned-fire.jpg 465w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-feds-should-have-returned-fire-150x31.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-fbi-sharpshooters-should-have-shot-everybody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11258\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-fbi-sharpshooters-should-have-shot-everybody.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-fbi-sharpshooters-should-have-shot-everybody.jpg 611w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-fbi-sharpshooters-should-have-shot-everybody-150x24.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-bundies-deserved-to-die-not-satirical-as-far-as-i-cann-tell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11287\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-bundies-deserved-to-die-not-satirical-as-far-as-i-cann-tell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-bundies-deserved-to-die-not-satirical-as-far-as-i-cann-tell.jpg 505w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-bundies-deserved-to-die-not-satirical-as-far-as-i-cann-tell-150x40.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-the-bundys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11260\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-the-bundys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-the-bundys.jpg 597w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-shoot-the-bundys-150x16.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11270\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-traitorous-snipers-and-defenders.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-traitorous-snipers-and-defenders.jpg 642w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-traitorous-snipers-and-defenders-150x31.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-hansy-same-comment-different-format.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11257\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-hansy-same-comment-different-format.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-hansy-same-comment-different-format.jpg 524w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-hansy-same-comment-different-format-150x28.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-bundy-domestic-taliban.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11276\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-bundy-domestic-taliban.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-bundy-domestic-taliban.jpg 622w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-bundy-domestic-taliban-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-all-criminals-want-govt-to-leace-them-alone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11268\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-all-criminals-want-govt-to-leace-them-alone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-all-criminals-want-govt-to-leace-them-alone.jpg 417w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-all-criminals-want-govt-to-leace-them-alone-150x29.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-waco-kill-them-all-except-children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11289\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-waco-kill-them-all-except-children.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-waco-kill-them-all-except-children.jpg 404w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-waco-kill-them-all-except-children-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-antigovt-rabble-insurgent-in-Min-quoted-before.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11265\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-antigovt-rabble-insurgent-in-Min-quoted-before.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-antigovt-rabble-insurgent-in-Min-quoted-before.jpg 533w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-antigovt-rabble-insurgent-in-Min-quoted-before-150x23.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-white-militia-govt-is-evil-anarchist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11273\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-white-militia-govt-is-evil-anarchist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-white-militia-govt-is-evil-anarchist.jpg 481w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-white-militia-govt-is-evil-anarchist-150x52.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-bundy-will-burn-in-hell-better-take.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11271\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-bundy-will-burn-in-hell-better-take.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-bundy-will-burn-in-hell-better-take.jpg 626w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-bundy-will-burn-in-hell-better-take-150x27.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-jasmine-conspiracy-theory-paranoid-children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11269\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-jasmine-conspiracy-theory-paranoid-children.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-jasmine-conspiracy-theory-paranoid-children.jpg 504w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-jasmine-conspiracy-theory-paranoid-children-150x24.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-tuesday-treason.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11294\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-tuesday-treason.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-tuesday-treason.jpg 584w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-new-tuesday-treason-150x39.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where commenters are employed but it is striking to see the level of misinformation in some posts.\u00a0For instance, InsurgentInMin justifies the killing of Vicki Weaver as she held her baby in the cabin door because &#8220;An FBI agent was shot.&#8221;\u00a0 No shots were fired at FBI agents before or after Vicki Weaver was slain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgen-in-minn-wrong-history-fbi-agent-shot-full-exchange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11250\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgen-in-minn-wrong-history-fbi-agent-shot-full-exchange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgen-in-minn-wrong-history-fbi-agent-shot-full-exchange.jpg 451w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgen-in-minn-wrong-history-fbi-agent-shot-full-exchange-150x54.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>InsurgentInMin also justifies the FBI because they were &#8220;serving a bench warrant for Weaver on a firearm charge.&#8221;\u00a0 But the FBI had no warrant &#8211; only shoot to kill orders that were later condemned by a Justice Dept. Task Force and two separate federal appeals court rulings.\u00a0\u00a0 Nor did the U.S. marshals have a warrant when they trespassed on the Weavers&#8217; land on August 21, 1992.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgent-in-Minn-claims-fbi-at-ruby-ridge-was-serving-a-bench-warrant-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11264\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgent-in-Minn-claims-fbi-at-ruby-ridge-was-serving-a-bench-warrant-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgent-in-Minn-claims-fbi-at-ruby-ridge-was-serving-a-bench-warrant-.jpg 519w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-insurgent-in-Minn-claims-fbi-at-ruby-ridge-was-serving-a-bench-warrant--150x27.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my hunch that this next comment (liked by 6 people) was not from a fan &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-james-bovard-6-likes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11249\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-james-bovard-6-likes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-james-bovard-6-likes.jpg 415w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hill-james-bovard-6-likes-150x29.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>&#8216;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I may have missed some of the edgiest comments.\u00a0 Quite a few comments have been deleted and I noticed that a Hill moderator added a timeout warning to the following commentor:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-new-tuesday-timeout-added-warning-to-violent-commentator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11295\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-new-tuesday-timeout-added-warning-to-violent-commentator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-new-tuesday-timeout-added-warning-to-violent-commentator.jpg 516w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Hill-new-tuesday-timeout-added-warning-to-violent-commentator-150x72.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Americans\u2019-trust-in-the-F-Twitter-size-from-Hill-1-14-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11261\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Americans\u2019-trust-in-the-F-Twitter-size-from-Hill-1-14-2018-800x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Americans\u2019-trust-in-the-F-Twitter-size-from-Hill-1-14-2018.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Americans\u2019-trust-in-the-F-Twitter-size-from-Hill-1-14-2018-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Americans\u2019-trust-in-the-F-Twitter-size-from-Hill-1-14-2018-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The illustration in the\u00a0thumbnail for the article is\u00a0by Amy Crehore, created for an article I wrote on\u00a0Ruby Ridge for the <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/21\/ruby-ridge-23nd-anniv-of-federal-killings\/\">June 1995 issue of\u00a0Playboy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>++++ And here&#8217;s words of wisdom in a graphic created by my Facebook friend <strong>Joe Eldred<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Hill oped, &#8220;Fed&#8217;s misconduct in Cliven Bundy case stems from Ruby Ridge,&#8221; has spurred\u00a0more than\u00a0600 comments.\u00a0\u00a0 Some\u00a0commenters mistakenly asserted that the Bundys or their supporters had fired upon the feds.\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t happen &#8211; but that assumption sufficed to justify advocating preemptively killing many people.\u00a0\u00a0Some commenters believe the federal snipers\u00a0should have\u00a0slain any private citizen touting 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