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20 years after Ruby Ridge, there's forgiveness
AP ^ | 08/19/2012 | By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS

Posted on 08/19/2012 3:44:43 PM PDT by rabidralph

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin on a mountaintop called Ruby Ridge.

As the 16-year-old closed in, her mother, Vicki, opened the cabin door and stood behind it, holding Sara Weaver's 10-month-old sister in her arms. Just then, a sniper's bullet struck her mother in the head, killing her.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: anniversary; atf; christians; fbi; feds; forgiveness; georgehwbush; horiuchi; idaho; leo; lonhoriuchi; randyweaver; rubyridge; weavers
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To: mosaicwolf
I saw an interview with a former political prisoner in Argentina, and he commented of the people who tortured him: "I'll forgive them - when they are in jail."

One can see his point.

121 posted on 08/21/2012 7:24:27 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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