re: #82 Targetpractice

I really do believe that was their plan, that they’d be welcomed to set up shop on Hammond’s ranch, the local community would support them because they’re a small rural town that’s “Real ‘Murika,” and then stage a standoff with the Feds when they came to arrest the Hammonds for refusal to surrender themselves to federal custody.

Then that plan fell through because the Hammonds told them to piss off, the town ordered them out, and the locals want nothing to do with them. So came up with the “cunning plan” of taking over a local bit of federal land, expecting that this would lead to “patriots” across the land rushing to their aid.

I think the best thing the LEOs can do here is just say, “We’re not coming in to kick you out. You can leave if you like. But nobody goes back in, nobody else goes in, no supplies go in, no electricity, no phone.”

They all look very well fed. Likely they haven’t really gone without meals for very long. Pretty soon, they’ll start leaving.