Posted on 05/21/2016 6:23:07 PM PDT by Little Pig
REDMOND, Ore. — B.J. Soper took aim with his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and fired a dozen shots at a human silhouette target. Soper’s wife and their 16-year-old daughter practiced drawing pistols. Then Soper helped his 4-year-old daughter, in pink sneakers and a ponytail, work on her marksmanship with a .22-caliber rifle.
Deep in the heart of a vast U.S. military training ground, surrounded by spent shotgun shells and juniper trees blasted to shreds, the Central Oregon Constitutional Guard was conducting its weekly firearms training.
“The intent is to be able to work together and defend ourselves if we need to,” said Soper, 40, a building contractor who is an emerging leader in a growing national movement rooted in distrust of the federal government, one that increasingly finds itself in armed conflicts with authorities.
Those in the movement call themselves patriots, demanding that the federal government adhere to the Constitution and stop what they see as systematic abuse of land rights, gun rights, freedom of speech and other liberties.
Law enforcement officials call them dangerous, delusional and sometimes violent, and say that their numbers are growing amid a wave of anger at the government that has been gaining strength since 2008, a surge that coincided with the election of the first black U.S. president and a crippling economic recession.
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According to the Washington Compost, none of the citizens are upset by a tyrannical, out of control regime that ignores the Constitution of the United States. No. These people are upset because of the “first black President.” See, they are just racists.
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Also, how many beheadings were these groups responsible for? How many Marathons did these groups attack? How many airports? Give me a break you, Southern Poverty Bull Shitters.
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Good post!
WaPo continues to unabashedly publish trash/libel like this consistently, and daily it re-defines journalistic malpractice...
The good news - you should link to article and read some replies!
Ha! ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’
Law enforcement officials call them dangerous, delusional and sometimes violent, and say that their numbers are growing amid a wave of anger at the government that has been gaining strength since 2008, a surge that coincided with the election of the first black U.S. president
Oh no, there are indeed citizens upset about those things. It’s just that, according to the Compost and its beltway cocktail-party echo chamber, those upset people are deluded and violent criminals, and wrong about the wonderful all-giving all-knowing government.
These people should not be talking to the likes of the Washington Post.
"I laugh when I see supposed 'news' articles that tout the 'Southern Poverty Law Center' as if their opinion matters on ANYTHING relevant to this country. It's criminal groups like SPLC that have put this country in the mess it's in today."
"The fact is, there is NOTHING in the US constitution that allows the federal gov't to own land. It specifically states that all things not specifically mentioned as functions of the federal gov't in this document are assigned to the states."
The first of many hit pieces in the coming months before the election on freedom loving patriots, Tea Party people and God loving family oriented Americans. The Beltway is incapable of getting what most of America is about. Doesn't fit their narrative. We get it and are prepared to fight for it.
Pray for America and prepare.
#7 ~ >>>... coincided with the election of the first black U.S. president.<<<
Allow me to translate the Soros/Valerie Jarrett propaganda pseudo - speak :
The first foreign born, mulatto, moslem, America-Hating, usurping freakin’ Resident in the people’s Oval Office!
Our current government allows Black Lives Matter, unknown illegals, muslim radicals, etc. run amok. Citizens have lost confidence in our government protecting us from such extremist groups.
The Washington Post made it appear that these groups were there just for some irrational fear of the government. I believe most of these groups are there because people realize that government is not going to protect them. Our government is $20+ trillion in debt. It’s only a matter of time before economic collapse. Are we expected to believe our government will be there to protect us?
The Washington Post misses the mark again.
If the Splc knew how many guns were in a fifty mile radius of them their heads would explode.
Just another anti-Trump article. Always gotta get Timothy McVeigh in there for comparison. Anyone who’s not progliberal must be just like him. Never acknowledge the fact that there’s just as many, if not more, crazies on the left.
This WACompost hit piece is an example of how stupid American Liberals are. Most of us survivor types don’t talk to Democrats, union cops, or Journalists. It is simply a waste of time and we certainly don’t show off our “stuff”. We just go about our business, planning and executing the tasks we need to do, and figure how we are going to safely watch Democrats, union cops, and Moslems die, when the SHTF. After they are all dead, we will go on in peace.
I yearn and pray for the day that the SPLC gets what they deserve.
And the Washington Post, too.
30 people in Oregon.... Yikes - almost as lame as the Trump expose in the New York Times.
What a yawn.
Just another unbiased view of a cultural phenomenon from out objective friends at the Washington Post.
I'm impressed - my Dad started me out with a Daisy BB gun when I was 4. he had to set up a sawhorse because I couldn't hold/aim it without support at the front end. That's where I learned how to aim and fire. When Dad dies and left his guns to me, they were all dead-on for me because I aimed exactly as he did.
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