[skeeter]

The downside, of course, is the possibility that it could also attract all his whackadoodle sovereign citizen militia friends who could, you know, kill the people going.

I think the writer is making a broader point than the one you suggest.

[varyouga]

Yes, part of their point is that Bundy won at the barrel of a gun.

And if the law is unjust, I agree that is the only way to fight back.