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OneZero · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3413

AP-(Boston)
April 20, 1775

Scores Killed, Hundreds Injured as Para-Military Extremists Riot in Boston Area

National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a paramilitary extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.

Speaking after the clash Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices.

The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order.

The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed widespread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily."

Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans.

During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes.

The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange. Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units.

Colonel Smith, finding his forces overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.

Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor has also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops.

Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.
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As requested, I'm putting my reasons for posting this article here:

In this day and age we, especially the media it seems, tend to view any group that questions the government as extremists and radicals. This is the way that they would view the men of 1776, if they did the same thing today.

Centrist · Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 4033

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

OneZero · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3413

Centrist wrote: If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Indeed!

pedagogue · Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 3752 Location: Galveston, TX

Old news ... next ... :lol:

Tennouheika · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:05 pm Post subject:

Um, are you comparing them to Iraqie insurgents? Michael Moore style? :P

OneZero · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3413

Tennouheika wrote: Um, are you comparing them to Iraqie insurgents? Michael Moore style? :P

NO!!!!!! :shock: :shock:

:lol: :lol:

kang · Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1421

Good luck fighting stealth bombers with your deer rifle.

Tennouheika · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject:

kang wrote: Good luck fighting stealth bombers with your deer rifle.
Good point. We should legalize the sale of RPG's and other heavy weapons.

Gdawg007 · Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 15292 Location: Albuquerque, NM

Tennouheika wrote: kang wrote: Good luck fighting stealth bombers with your deer rifle.
Good point. We should legalize the sale of RPG's and other heavy weapons.

You would need more than that, in theory, to shoot a stealth aircraft out of the sky...On the other hand, you could easily pick off the guys needed to maintain the aircraft with a deer rifle...

Ameriman · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 10773

kang wrote: Good luck fighting stealth bombers with your deer rifle.

Some things are worse than death...

OneZero · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3413

kang wrote: Good luck fighting stealth bombers with your deer rifle.

Shoot 'em while they're on the ground.
The pilots, that is, not the planes. :wink:

Rhoades · Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1169 Location: Pennsylvania

what exactly is the point of this thread? support for state militias?

Gus · Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 7609 Location: Tampa, FL

Rhoades wrote: what exactly is the point of this thread? support for state militias?
Well I see nothing against state militias, the Constitution allows them.

It's kinda hard to have a militia though when the government won't let you have the proper weapons.

Snoop · Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 6722

Give me liberty or give .... that guy over their death

TomPaine · Joined: 10 Sep 2005 Posts: 2176 Location: Atlanta

Kind of makes that point that "Insurgent" or "Patriot" depends on your point of view. I'm sure that some of the insurgents in Iraq see themselves as patriots resisting an invader. Not saying that I approve of their cause or their methods, just that labels are mostly spin.

OneZero · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3413

Rhoades wrote: what exactly is the point of this thread? support for state militias?

No, just interesting to look at it this way. You have to admit if that had happened today that's how you would read it.

Ameriman · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 10773

TomPaine wrote: Kind of makes that point that "Insurgent" or "Patriot" depends on your point of view. I'm sure that some of the insurgents in Iraq see themselves as patriots resisting an invader. Not saying that I approve of their cause or their methods, just that labels are mostly spin.

Of course it depends on one's point of view. The problem I have with many people on this forum is their point of view is the same as the enemies as opposed to their countrymen.

thundertaker · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

Just a small point. Those firearms the redcoats were moving to seize were already government property. They had been handed out to the militia by the Crown to deal with the French and Indian threat. The government was merely trying to recover it's own property before it could be used against them......

Tennouheika · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:14 pm Post subject:

TomPaine wrote: Kind of makes that point that "Insurgent" or "Patriot" depends on your point of view. I'm sure that some of the insurgents in Iraq see themselves as patriots resisting an invader. Not saying that I approve of their cause or their methods, just that labels are mostly spin.

I might have a bit more sympathy for Iraqi insurgents if they didn't behead people, kidnap people, blow up civilians including women and children, and generally make themselves look evil.

eynon · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject:

thundertaker wrote: Just a small point. Those firearms the redcoats were moving to seize were already government property. They had been handed out to the militia by the Crown to deal with the French and Indian threat. The government was merely trying to recover it's own property before it could be used against them......

shhhhhhhh........you're ruining the moment :wink:

back on topic......screw the stealth bombers, what scares me are the Bradley's with their 25mm Cannon, have you seen what those ****ers can do to a person? it's gross :evil: