Beware the tinder box

Sat., March 28, 2015

Militia groups that showed up at the Thomas S. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Spokane earlier this month, armed to the teeth and claiming on the Internet that they are peaceful and nonviolent, are quite confused about the five boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: The soap box, the mail box, the ballot box, the jury box and, only as a last resort, the ammo box.

Failed Constitutionalist sheriff candidate Anthony Bosworth and his heavily armed Liberty For All group had only the soap box and the ammo box with them. That combination smells of potential anarchy, coupled with a blatant disregard for rules, health and safety, and to heck with the possible consequences.

I hope and pray that no one gets hurt as the ammo box becomes a tinder box.

James Perkins

Colville

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