Word: weavers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guess I'm just a little silly for thinking that Weaver's failure to appear in court for a minor weapons violation was grounds for the government to surround his home and shoot at unarmed members of his family...
...party line is that Weaver caused the death of his 14-year-old son and his wife by not appearing in court on a minor-weapons violation...
...sniper, in an incredible dodge of responsibility, admitted he was firing at a fleeing fourteen-year-old, but had the audacity to suggest that Randall Weaver (who was also fleeing toward the cabin at the time), shot his own son in the back. Please, I may be naive, but I'm hardly that stupid...
...Weaver was armed when he was shot: he had followed his barking dog down a trail, closely followed by two armed men: family friend Kevin Harris and his father, Randy Weaver. When U.S. Marshall William Degan jumped out of the undergrowth to shoot the dog. Sam swung his weapon around...
What happened next isn't clear. If you listen to the FBI (whose veracity is questionable at best), Sam fired a shot before fleeing. If you listen to Weaver and Harris, Degan fired first and Harris returned fire, probably killing Degan...