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In reply to the discussion: Ryan Bundy Says He's ‘Idiot’ Sovereign Citizen Not Subject To Federal Law [View all]jmowreader
(53,209 posts)60. Thank St. Ronnie for them not having one to put him in
Idaho used to have a state insane asylum (not a "mental hospital" - this joint was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-level bad) at Orofino. The mental health care deforms pushed by Reagan caused the state to discharge all the patients and convert it to a medium security prison. Within a year of reopening as a prison, most of the patients who hadn't killed themselves had returned.
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Ryan Bundy Says He's ‘Idiot’ Sovereign Citizen Not Subject To Federal Law [View all]
DonViejo
Jul 2016
OP
Ever see the video of the squeaky-voiced sovereign citizen girl at a traffic stop?
Sand Rat Expat
Jul 2016
#51
Well he's trying for a 2500 year old distinction that disappeared centuries ago
whatthehey
Jul 2016
#29
He is very typical of GOPers, they are all insane when it comes time to reason stuff out.
Rex
Jul 2016
#8
Good luck to him on that defense because I suspect all it will earn him is a longer prison sentence.
cstanleytech
Jul 2016
#16
They can refuse all they want. The US does not recognize anything within its borders as a sovereign.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#26