The argument he makes is that if the government keeps infringing on rights, sooner or later those laws are going to get the wrong person killed, leading to a vendetta against the legislators.
I don’t know if that would really happen; I’d think the more likely target would be the government itself, rather than any individual legislator.
I understood the author’s point, just didn’t think it was applicable.
The family in question didn’t go after Jeff Davis, or Lee, or Thomas H. Watts. They went after the men who pulled the triggers.
A reasonable analogy today would be Elishaba Weaver, who’s now 23, tracking down and killing Lon Horiuchi. Ruby Ridge.