Sounds like something Randy Weaver might have said before the ATF came storming his property.
As i recall, shortening his shotgun barrel was what got him into trouble, and Ruby Ridge was no urban setting.
I just knew someone would bring up the Weavers.
What a great example of how reporting can be skewed when the defendant spouts off all kinds of things to reporters during pendency of the investigation, while police and prosecutors keep quiet.
What I find particularly galling is that Weaver's supporters get all excited about how his summons to appear in court contained an incorrect date. I completely believe this, as it happens ALL THE TIME. The defendant will show up on the wrong day, his name will not be called, the judge will ask if anyone is there whose name was not called, the defendant will answer and then either his case will be handled as if he showed up on the right day, or else the case will be continued to allow the state to get its witnesses together or, in unusual cases, the judge may refuse to continue the case, the state will be unable to proceed, and the case dismissed. In the event a warrant issued before he came in, the warrant will be vacated and the failure to appear charge dropped when the court sees the error.
Weaver never showed up in court, either on the right date or the wrong date. He fled to his cabin, brought his family along, and taunted authorities for over a year. This is what put them in the danger which took some of their lives.
Over the years, sometimes but not always in the course of my work, I've been caught up in awkward situations involving drawn guns, searches, and so forth (I've never been convicted of anything). I would never consider drawing my family into the middle of a situation like that, fleeing, failing to appear, or any of the other stuff which got the wrecking ball rolling toward Randy Weaver's life in the first place. The thing to do in that situation is to keep the situation orderly and calm, cooperate and work within the system to get out of the way of the Machine. If you are innocent of any crime, the chances are very high that you will succeed. Trust me. There are no black helicopters.
The Feds made mistakes in the Weaver case, and Lon Horiuchi is a lying, homicidal sack of crap. But Randy Weaver is a typical ignorant criminal who thinks he made some sort of principled stand, when what he should have done is get his family out of his mess, hire a lawyer, and go to court. He might very well have escaped scot-free, and saved the lives of his wife and child.
