In August 1992, there was an incident in Ruby Ridge, Boundary County, Idaho that involved an 11-day siege of a cabin occupied by a family called the Weavers. According to Britannica, this family ...

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It happened so long ago, it feels – for some – like ancient history. 20 years ago, federal agents descended on a home near Naples, Idaho. For the world, it was a show of force – a battle between the ...

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) – When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper’s bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family’s ...

Randall Claude Weaver was an American survivalist and self-proclaimed white separatist. He was a central actor in the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff with federal agents at his cabin near Naples, Idaho, ...