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A question I wish Rand Paul would raise now
His flibuster got the White House, rather reluctantly it would seem, to state that a President does not have "authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on an American soil."
Nice to know. Further question: do situations like Waco or Ruby Ridge constitute citizens having "engaged in combat"?
At Waco, the government deployed an M-1 Abrams and armored personnel carriers, military aircraft, and even a battlefield robot (which kept breaking down).
UPDATE: the "incident commander" had an Abrams. The building was broken up and gassed by Combat Engineering Vehicles, while APCs contributed CS gas projectiles.
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Won't the feds just show up, wait until a shot is fired, then claim shots were fired at federal officials which makes it a federal matter?
(Me? Cynical? Nah.)
I don't remember a M1 being involved, the vehicle I remember smashing into the compound was a M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle. The M728 is based on the M60 series.
Does the term "weaponized drone" include armed Federal agents?
Jim K is correct that the M728 is built up from the M60. I don't know about other vehicles being used there.
There are actually undoubtedly lots of details like that to take into consideration. Which is an excellent point to bring up. I supply the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the 1 you bring up exactly where essentially the most valuable factor are going to be working in honest good faith. I don?t know if perfect practices have emerged about items like that, but I'm certain that your job is clearly identified as a fair game. Both boys and girls feel the impact of just a moment's pleasure, for the rest of their lives.
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Do Waco and Ruby Ridge situations constitute "engaging in combat"?
I don't think so. Ruby Ridge was the result of entrapment by the government.
Waco was not a federal issue, unless one is to believe that unregistered automatic weapons were involved and I've never seen anything conclusive about that.
The issue of child abuse at Waco was a State, not federal, issue.
So no. I'd say they were issues of self-defense rather than engaging in armed combat against the government.
JMHO.