Nov 23, 2022
"Every tyranny must decide whether to rule by brutal force or by persuasion," contended Josiah Lippincott on November 5. "Brute force isn't an option for the modern Left. They lack the Soviet talent for mass scale political violence. Vladimir Lenin had legions of men like Yakov Yurovsky, the killer who butchered the Russian czar and his entire family, at his disposal. Does Joe Biden?" Good question. The answer might start with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Back in 1992, the FBI's sting operation on Randy Weaver turned deadly for Weaver's son and a U.S. Marshal. The FBI then deployed some 400 heavily armed agents, helicopters and armored personnel carriers against a single family. The rules of engagement allowed deadly force against any family member seen with a firearm, but in effect the policy was to shoot on sight. FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shot Vicki Weaver in the head as she held her infant daughter. She had committed no crime and there was no w