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So just curious about this quote from the article:

RCMP said they raided the cult's compound last week after receiving a report that one of its occupants had a firearm. Police said they seized 13 imitation semi-automatic handguns, ammunition and a large number of electronic devices.
If the guns were "imitation", what did they need the ammo for? Or maybe the ammo was imitation too? Weird.

Also, I was struggling to figure out exactly why the town wanted to be rid of the cult so much. Was it because they were not paying taxes, or were they squatting at the school house without paying the owner? Just curious ...

In the US, people who have belonged to this movement have taken over properties owned by others saying it was their right as "sovereign citizens". Also not paying taxes.


Pretty much batshit crazy.
 

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So just curious about this quote from the article:



If the guns were "imitation", what did they need the ammo for? Or maybe the ammo was imitation too? Weird.

Also, I was struggling to figure out exactly why the town wanted to be rid of the cult so much. Was it because they were not paying taxes, or were they squatting at the school house without paying the owner? Just curious ...

In the US, people who have belonged to this movement have taken over properties owned by others saying it was their right as "sovereign citizens". Also not paying taxes.


Pretty much batshit crazy.
The fact they had imitation firearms doesn't preclude their hoping to obtain real ones at some point, for which they had already procured the ammunition.

Also, it's not too difficult to convert imitation firearms to lethal ones. That's how many of the illicit firearms recovered in the UK are made. That or with 3-D printers.
 

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Also, I was struggling to figure out exactly why the town wanted to be rid of the cult so much. Was it because they were not paying taxes, or were they squatting at the school house without paying the owner? Just curious ...

In the US, people who have belonged to this movement have taken over properties owned by others saying it was their right as "sovereign citizens". Also not paying taxes.
Places like that have extremely small populations. In this case only 150 people, not all of them in voting age.

So if a cult like that brings in a few dozen people, it will be enough to win any election and take over the town, including law enforcement. At that point, they have the power to terrorize the original residents and force them out. If that happens, the only thing that can stop them is outside intervention - but even then, the community will probably be damaged beyond repair.
 

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The fact they had imitation firearms doesn't preclude their hoping to obtain real ones at some point, for which they had already procured the ammunition.

Also, it's not too difficult to convert imitation firearms to lethal ones. That's how many of the illicit firearms recovered in the UK are made. That or with 3-D printers.
If I recall correctly, in the US, many replica firearms are simply real guns that had some essential parts removed or altered to make them non-functional.
 

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If I recall correctly, in the US, many replica firearms are simply real guns that had some essential parts removed or altered to make them non-functional.
I had no idea. Wow - I was thinking plastic squirt guns. Making toy guns that realistic and easy to make into a real gun is insane. Seriously.
 
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I had no idea. Wow - I was thinking plastic squirt guns. Making toy guns that realistic and easy to make into a real gun is insane. Seriously.
I think this is what's meant by "imitation firearms" in this context. It's a bit misleading, but if someone commits a crime using something like a starting pistol to threaten his victim, it'll be described as an "imitation firearm" on the indictment, or at least in the UK it would be.

 

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LEAVE JINSEIOSHI THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ALLIGATOR ALONE!

A western Pennsylvania man and his emotional support alligator took a shopping cart spin around the local Walmart, where he claims they've never had a problem — but this recent trip earned them orders to stay away, the retail giant confirmed Thursday.

Wesley Silva, 60, and his 5-foot-long, 32-pound reptile named Jinseioshi made the local news after a trip to a Walmart in West Brownsville, where he pushed the alligator around in a shopping cart as she was wearing a dress.

Before concerns about the recent visit were raised, Silva insisted he and Jinseioshi experienced nothing but praise.
 

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According to Cabello, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression.

Cabello argued that the operation demonstrated Venezuela's commitment to combating narcotics without resorting to lethal force. "We don't apply the death penalty," he said, drawing a contrast with U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean. /QUOTE]


Venezuela Announces Capture of Alleged DEA Agent With Massive Drug Shipment
Doesn't Venezuela have largest crude oil reserves in the world? Free the Oil!!!
 

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Doesn't Venezuela have largest crude oil reserves in the world? Free the Oil!!!
I hate to say this, but do we believe Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello about the US any more than we'd believe Kristi Noem or Pam Bondi about Venezuelans?
 

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I hate to say this, but do we believe Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello about the US any more than we'd believe Kristi Noem or Pam Bondi about Venezuelans?
Good point.

I don't have much confidence in either side telling the truth unless it suits their agenda.

Remember the Iran Contra affair?
 

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Let me guess, white, not trans, and not an “emigrant”.
Plonski is among three Minnesota-based law enforcement officers charged federally with similar crimes this year.
 
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The House Speaker is bumping into himself over efforts to denounce the chatters.

Johnson condemns Young Republicans group chat messages
“We roundly condemn any of that nonsense,” Johnson said, while underscoring that he didn’t know the members of the chat accused of sending the messages. “Somebody posted a photo of me standing next to these guys wearing tuxedos. Obviously, I think it was at the inauguration, and people are just coming up and asking for selfies … I’ve never heard of that person in my life.”
 

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