BREAKING NEWS CNN: Seventy-Two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Massachusetts.
State Police units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest, anti-tax and patriot movement.
Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group’s organizers as “criminals,” issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government’s efforts to secure law and order, collect taxes and enforce compliance of local residents.
The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently-outlawed military-style assault weapons.
Gage issued a ban on civilian ownership of these military-style assault weapons and ammunition, including components, earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of any arms deemed by the government to appear threatening.
One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that “none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily.”
Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a small supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize a larger cache of arms and ammunition in Lexington, near Boston, met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government’s plans.
During a tense standoff in the Lexington town park, Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was, according to CNN sources, fired by one of the right-wing extremists.
Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.
Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces over-matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat into safe urban areas where the government troops could be assured sanctuary among the wealthy elites inside Boston.
Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order and has sent to the capitol for more troops, which will set sail for Boston in a few weeks. The governor also demanded the surrender and/or handing-over of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops.
Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as “ringleaders” of the extremist faction, remain at large.
-- Colonial News Network.
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State Police units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest, anti-tax and patriot movement.
Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group’s organizers as “criminals,” issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government’s efforts to secure law and order, collect taxes and enforce compliance of local residents.
The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently-outlawed military-style assault weapons.
Gage issued a ban on civilian ownership of these military-style assault weapons and ammunition, including components, earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of any arms deemed by the government to appear threatening.
One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that “none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily.”
Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a small supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize a larger cache of arms and ammunition in Lexington, near Boston, met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government’s plans.
During a tense standoff in the Lexington town park, Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was, according to CNN sources, fired by one of the right-wing extremists.
Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.
Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces over-matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat into safe urban areas where the government troops could be assured sanctuary among the wealthy elites inside Boston.
Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order and has sent to the capitol for more troops, which will set sail for Boston in a few weeks. The governor also demanded the surrender and/or handing-over of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops.
Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as “ringleaders” of the extremist faction, remain at large.
-- Colonial News Network.
History. Study it.
Sirhr
