Seventy-two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation in Boston !

“Seventy-two killed resisting gun confiscation in Boston !” from Vision to America

National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned
assault weapons were ambushed 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 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 the Lexington 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 over matched 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.

And this fellow Americans, is how the American Revolution began, April 20,
1775.