“I broke the law, I did it on purpose. What I was challenging was the law wasn’t valid in the first place,” said Mr. Montague in an interview Tuesday night. He said he will likely appeal, as “it’s hard to turn and walk away from [a value of] over $100,000.” He said he is “penniless," but that there was a more basic principle at stake than money. [More]He's right, you know. And I'm then reminded of a line from "Patton"...
I guess the "lesson" of Wayne Fincher was pretty clear--particularly the one about how the game was rigged and how few gun owners lifted a finger to help, even to the point of spreading the word.
Tangentially related: Just as a matter of survivable tactics, you don't want your home to be a last stand, where you have no say in a choice of time or place.
I wish I knew a way to help this guy that would make a difference.
[Via Florida Guy]
Courts appear to be the new fields of slaughter. Rather than burn individuals and their families alive, the agents of the courts destroy their victims economically.
ReplyDeleteWayne Fincher, the Reese family, and Wayne Hage (among MANY others) have unfortunately provided perfect examples that the rule of law is no longer respected in court, and that the effectively limitless resources of the state will grind you down if you attempt to play the game.
The only solution appears to follow General Stark's advice: live free or die. I'm aware that Cliven Bundy's ordeal is not over, yet he and his family appear to have "lived free" for two decades and counting - and won their armed confrontation with criminal government agents!
-PG