I strongly believe in a God-given right to self-defense. - Timothy McVeigh

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I strongly believe in a God-given right to self-defense.

Timothy McVeigh

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About Timothy McVeigh

Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was an American right-wing terrorist. A former United States Army soldier and security guard, he bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, on April 19, 1995. He was convicted of committing 11 offenses of United States federal law, and was sentenced to death being executed in 2001 for his role in the bombing. The bombing was the deadliest event of domestic terrorism in the United States, and the deadliest act of terrorism within the territorial borders of the United States, until the September 11 attacks of 2001.

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Native Name: Timothy James McVeigh

Alternative Names: Timmy McVeghe [plausible misspelling] • Timmy McVey [plausible misspelling]

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Crime is so out of control. Criminals have no fear of punishment. Prisons are overcrowded so they know they will not be imprisoned long. This breeds more crime, in an escalating cyclic pattern.

We have no proverbial tea to dump, should we instead sink a ship full of Japanese imports? Is a Civil War Imminent? Do we have to shed blood to reform the current system? I hope it doesn't come to that. But it might.

I am sorry these people had to lose their lives. But that's the nature of the beast. It's understood going in what the human toll will be.