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A 6 page paper which
examines the events at Ruby Ridge in 1995 and then examines what could have been
done to prevent to incident, or at least reduced the loss of life and property. Bibliography
lists 4 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RArubyrd.rtf
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go wrong, very wrong, when it assumes that its information is correct. It was an incident that killed several people and later discovered that the deaths were pointless in light
of the fact that the charges were unfounded. It was a tragedy, to say the very least. The following paper examines what happened at Ruby Ridge and then discusses how
it could have been prevented or how the loss of life and property could have been less harsh. Ruby Ridge The event involves Randy Weaver who was believed
to be a weapons dealer and who was believed to be part of a white separatist group. One of the organizations involved claimed that Weaver had offered to sell them
two guns (Weaver was later found innocent of this claim). The claim that he had tried to sell them guns was what started the entire incident. One author illustrates that,
"When federal agents set up Randy Weaver on minor weapons violations, Weaver refused to show up in court for the charge, instead holing up with his wife and four children
in his mountain cabin on Ruby Ridge, forty miles south of the Canadian border" (Revolution. FBI Siege of Ruby Ridge, 2003). A warrant was issued for his arrest even
though the Justice Departments attorney knew "that a court official notified Weaver of an incorrect court date. (Weaver wasnt going to show up anyway.)" (Revolution. FBI Siege of Ruby Ridge,
2003). Instead of simply going out to arrest the man, however, "the government conducted a military siege of Ruby Ridge worthy of a small war.....Federal agents then launched an elaborate
18-month surveillance of Mr. Weavers cabin and land" (Revolution. FBI Siege of Ruby Ridge, 2003). This was not the half of their investigation, all based on a fairly simple weapons
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