Militia training site terrifies neighbors in West Pawlet
WEST PAWLET — In the remote hills of southwestern Vermont, a group of locals gathered last week to talk with a reporter about chilling experiences they’ve had with a nearby property owner.
The property owner, Daniel Banyai, and groups of men armed with large guns, have had confrontational exchanges with local residents many times over the past four years.
Sometimes, neighbors say, they have been followed or confronted by the armed men. On weekends, they hear rapid gunshots, and sometimes explosions — part of paramilitary training that takes place at two shooting ranges on the 31-acre property.
Banyai runs Slate Ridge, a center for military-style training and “professional gunfighting,” which operates in a remote pocket of Rutland County. Located near Route 22, on Briar Hill Road, the center is a 50-minute drive from Rutland’s State Police barracks, the closest law enforcement other than the town’s two constables.
Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2020/10/29/militia-training-site-terrifies-neighbors-in-west-pawlet/
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I think Geo.Carlin nailed it decades ago -
"We are a war-like nation . . .
WE JUST CAN'T STOP FUKKIN WITH SOMEBODY!
Aren't we overdue to drop bombs on some country with a marginal air force?"
(this was b4 the Iraq invasion)
USA's military makes a problem for the whole nation . . .
Train ur people to kill and maim, bring them home and ignore them,
then add the availability of personal firearms/weapons?
A recipe for disaster imo . . . .
From the link in the OP -
"Slate Ridge has posted logos of Three Percenters and The Oath Keepers, two anti-government, far-right conspiracy groups that call on members to take up arms against the government if necessary.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, The Oath Keepers claim “tens of thousands of present and former law enforcement officials and military veterans as members,” and “is one of the largest radical anti-government groups in the U.S. today.” Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers’ founder, saw the social unrest that resulted from police brutality this spring as the beginning of civil war. "
Oh no - the gubment has NO chance of getting those weapons back,
but they could stop the endless wars,
no?
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