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BREAKING NEWS: Boston MA - National Gaurd Troops Ambushed

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:52 pm
by isaiah40
BOSTON, 4/19 - National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th 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 movement.

Gage also 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. The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons.

Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition 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 illegal arms.

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 large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans.

During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard 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 reportedly 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 overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat. Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender 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."

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PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:58 pm
by john9blue
wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

PostPosted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:57 pm
by 2dimes
This sounds pretty bad. Where did you hear this?

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:50 am
by nietzsche
this is pretty serious is it not?, but I don't see it in any "serious" media. Is it true?

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:57 am
by Ray Rider
nietzsche wrote:this is pretty serious is it not?, but I don't see it in any "serious" media. Is it true?

Lol yes, it's true; but if you're interested in it, you'll have turn to your nearest history book to learn more about it!

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:22 am
by nietzsche
Ray Rider wrote:
nietzsche wrote:this is pretty serious is it not?, but I don't see it in any "serious" media. Is it true?

Lol yes, it's true; but if you're interested in it, you'll have turn to your nearest history book to learn more about it!


My nearest history book is about the Greeks, I'm not sure I'll find it there.

So, what you're saying is that it won't be in the News?

Re: BREAKING NEWS: Boston MA - National Gaurd Troops Ambushe

PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:31 am
by Juan_Bottom
I am disappointed.

That bullsh*t above is about the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were the first armed fights in the Revolutionary War.

What happened was that the English Army intended to capture or destroy stores of Massachusetts MILITIA WEAPONS AND HARDWARE stored in Concord. It was just a smart tactical maneuver by the lawful British authorities, to stop an armed conflict. But the American Militias knew that they were coming weeks in advance, and they had already moved everything. Welp, as the English marched through the town of Lexington on their way to Concord, a crapload of minutemen ambushed them. The English fought in open terrain, while the minutemen hide behind trees, stumps, and buildings. The whole way to Concord the English were harassed like this.
When they got to Concord, they didn't find any hardware, since it was already moved. What they did find, was hundreds of more militiamen. The English troops were defeated, routed, and retreated. Then they met up with more than 1000 reinforcements in Lexington... But still they were harassed by the Militias all the way to Boston, beginning the Revolutionary War.



Anyway, I find the OP very offensive and outright dumb. The Militia Act of 1903 renamed state militias and re-organized them as well. Your state Militia is now called you "National Guard." SO WHY THE FFFFFFFFFFF WOULD THE NATIONAL GUARD ATTACK THEIR OWN ARMORY AND DISARM THEMSELVES, AND WHY THE FFFFFFFF WOULD CIVILIANS ATTACK THEM FOR IT? MY MIND CANNOT HANDLE THE STUPID.

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:41 am
by nietzsche
Oh, I see, its a passage of history and it's being used for political reasons.

I'm so naive.

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 2:47 am
by Juan_Bottom
Seriously Niet, my country is getting dumber. =(

THANKS A LOT OBAMA

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 3:09 am
by Phatscotty
The first vidz are coming in

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:01 am
by notyou2
Wow assault rifles in the 1770's. You people have had them a long time. Or is this just some putz rewriting history for the patriotic flavour to be inserted in a modern debate that has nothing to do with these particular historical events?

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:11 am
by Baron Von PWN
I guess the founding fathers were terrorists and tax evaders. Thanks for the insight op!

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 8:18 am
by Neoteny
I do this a while back for my own political ends.

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:12 pm
by john9blue
guys... i was being facetious... lol

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 12:59 pm
by PLAYER57832
john9blue wrote:wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

LOL -- not a "wierd cooincidence" at all. This "breaking news" broke well over 200 years ago.

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:04 pm
by john9blue
PLAYER57832 wrote:
john9blue wrote:wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

LOL -- not a "wierd cooincidence" at all. This "breaking news" broke well over 200 years ago.


facepalmmmmmm

PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:07 pm
by 2dimes
I figured this out while vacuuming this morning. Kind of feel bad about not being on the ball enough. Interesting how the date is April 19th.

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 4:30 pm
by AndyDufresne
john9blue wrote:
PLAYER57832 wrote:
john9blue wrote:wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

LOL -- not a "wierd cooincidence" at all. This "breaking news" broke well over 200 years ago.


facepalmmmmmm

Sometimes I wonder if PLAYER is playing a meta-game when posting. Then I have FunkyTerrance slap me silly and I think better of such things.


--Andy

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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 4:57 pm
by Phatscotty
notyou2 wrote:Wow assault rifles in the 1770's. You people have had them a long time. Or is this just some putz rewriting history for the patriotic flavour to be inserted in a modern debate that has nothing to do with these particular historical events?


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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2013 5:17 pm
by Symmetry
AndyDufresne wrote:
john9blue wrote:
PLAYER57832 wrote:
john9blue wrote:wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

LOL -- not a "wierd cooincidence" at all. This "breaking news" broke well over 200 years ago.


facepalmmmmmm

Sometimes I wonder if PLAYER is playing a meta-game when posting. Then I have FunkyTerrance slap me silly and I think better of such things.


--Andy


Not really, I think she's just very literal.

Re: BREAKING NEWS: Boston MA - National Gaurd Troops Ambushe

PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:08 am
by PLAYER57832
AndyDufresne wrote:
john9blue wrote:
PLAYER57832 wrote:
john9blue wrote:wow, all three of the named perpetrators are named after founding fathers... what a weird coincidence.

my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy.

LOL -- not a "wierd cooincidence" at all. This "breaking news" broke well over 200 years ago.


facepalmmmmmm

Sometimes I wonder if PLAYER is playing a meta-game when posting. Then I have FunkyTerrance slap me silly and I think better of such things.


--Andy

I probably should have read through the thread before posting, or just quoted the OP directly. I was just taken aback that John did not catch this right off.