Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: Then, The Fun Will Start

Episode Date: January 9, 2016

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Just call 1-800-6-86-39-10. That's 1-800-6-8-6-39-10. Again, 1-800-6-6. 686, 3910. Call now. Okay, so, armed standoffs in the U.S. We've got the big one in Oregon going on right now. Right?

One that everybody knows about. I was actually, I've talked about this at length with so many people, and so many people just don't understand it. And it's so convoluted with the Bureau of Land Management. I'll give you that. It's not, you know, it isn't, it isn't sex talk, that's for sure. But it is kind of for the farmers. And, you know, I understand that they're, you know, upset about the, you know, government, you know, taking up so much land and then they have to, you know, get okayed.

And, you know, they think the land is theirs. The government says it's theirs. And it's, you know, it's a, it's a longstanding battle. No, no question. And that's what's going on here in Texas, right? I mean, the main standoff with the BLM is that they keep changing the property lines. And the farmers say, look, my. property line is the river. Okay, so the river changes. That's fine. The river moves three feet to the left.

Then so does my property line. And the BLM says, uh, no, that's our land. And so if they do that, then I don't have any water for my property. And that's a real problem for the farmers. And I get it. And they should fight that. That's ridiculous. Because in the long run, they lose and gain property over the years. It's not the point of having the property as collateral. It's the point of, I need water for my livestock and my fields. But, okay, and my crops. But armed standoffs, I'm a man, I was looking at some of the history of the armed standoffs in the U.S.

And you're, 1973, wounded knee, there was a big standoff. Do you remember that? Did you know that? Did you know what actually happened? Of course, many of you don't remember it because it was 1973. But occupation of wounded knee, 71 days. It was seized by members of the American Indian movement. And it resulted, when it happened, it resulted in, you know,

three or four hundred people dying. There was gunfire in 1973. Two American Indians were killed, a U.S. Marshal, and an FBI agent were injured. On 1985, the move standoff in Philadelphia. I mean, they dropped bombs. Okay? Well, I'm sorry. The police dropped a bomb that started a fire

that burned the entire block in Philadelphia and killed 11 people. Amazing. Ruby Ridge, 1992. That's a famous one everybody talks about. there was a gun battle that began that. A U.S. Marshall died. And I think one of the man's sons died on that.

They won that battle, though. Waco, 1993. So therefore, 1-2-92-93, Ruby Ridge, Waco. Man, things did not look good for that. And then in 1996, Freeman standoff. And then, of course, we remember 2014 with Clive and Bundy. And now we've got, you know, in Oregon with Bundy's kids, but it's a different standoff. And that story is so strange that, you know, they went back to it.

But if you read some of the trial transcript and, oh my gosh, it's such great reading. I mean, if you've got nothing better to do, read the trials, transcripts from the, from the Hammond trial. But they talk about the things, and the reason that they are not really fighting going back to prison is that they really were guilty. They were guilty of the crime. But what they weren't guilty of was the terrorists' stamp on their crimes.

And that's what the original judge said. This is stupid. I don't know that he actually said stupid, that they aren't terrorists. They're guilty of the crime. I'm going to give them time, but the mandatory sentencing is ridiculous. And so now the fight for them is they've come back. Another judge came back and said,

you know what, it's mandatory and they should have gotten the mandatory time. We're sending them back to prison. That's the problem. That's not what the Bundys are taking over for in Oregon, at the birdhouse or whatever the heck it is up in Oregon. You know, they're pissed at the BLN. and the big takeover of all the land and the BLM overreaching their authority

and doing that. That's a different fight. The Hammond aren't fighting the verdict because they really were guilty of what they were doing. And that was the outcome of the trial. Right? That's the outcome of the trial. Now, we find out this weekend

the longest standoff in American history. Longest standoff in American history. Fifteen years. Fifteen years. A pretty amazing story. The man,

it's been, of course, it's here in Texas. No, of course. Along the Trinity River. John, Joe, Gray is his name. Joe Gray. John Joe Gray. John Joe. And what's fascinating about this case, and we'll tell you a little bit about the actual case itself is that the district attorney just dropped the charges against him last year in December, the end of 2014. He just dropped the charges

and threw it in the drawer. It's over. We're done. And didn't tell anybody. And so they went asked about it this year. They found out, no, that's over. We dropped that. I just put an end to that. And the district attorney said he, and we'll get to that as part of the story, the district attorney, which has been worried for John Joe Gray. I mean, it could get ugly because the reason that they didn't go out there and get him

is because he said he would kill people. Because, okay, in 1999, Gray, a carpenter, and according to this story on the blaze, he was linked to various anti-government militia groups. Okay. Whatever. Gee, he didn't like the government. I wonder what militia group he belongs to. I don't know.

Most of America. He was charged with assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop. According to the report, the officer took issue with the fact that Gray, who is now 66 years old, was carrying a pistol without a concealed carry permit. Gray said he had a God-given right to carry his weapon, okay, and then scuffled with the officer and bit the officer during the scuffle.

He was jailed, charged with assault of the state trooper, and he was released on bond in 2000, and he was ordered to appear in court. He did not go to court. He said, I'm staying on my land. It's private property. I am armed, ready to patrol the barbed wire fences surrounding my property, and if they came after us, bring extra body bags. He said in an interview once those who live by the sword, die by the sword.

We've never shot no one yet, but they know if they come on us, they'll be surprised what's going to happen to them. Now, okay, his land, 47 acres. So it isn't like he's staying on his eighth of an acre home with a backyard and a swimming pool or no pool and just a backyard and a tree. Okay. Now, the sheriff wanted to go get him a number of times, but he didn't want to get anybody killed and wanted to get anybody killed and wanted to shot so they left him alone and just kind of kept an eye on him from a distance. So if he left the property, they would arrest him and take him in. No problem.

So come to find out, the district attorney finally dismissed the charges. And didn't tell anyone. He just dismissed the charges until someone asked about it. The district attorney said, I didn't do that to concede victory to the guy. I'd been going on for 15 years. And somebody had to just make a decision that it was time to say it's, over. He said, the district attorney, well, and the sheriff also stated that, hey, adding that going out to get gray wasn't worth it because he'd been in prison out there himself for 14 years.

Yeah, that's probably true. You know, he's been in prison and you know how hard it is to be cooped up 47 acres. You know, someday, you just can't. Now, I find it strange that they didn't let him know that it was over. That could have been a problem, right? So if it was over, he didn't let the sheriff know. If he left the land, that could have been an issue, right, because the deputies and or the sheriff himself would have tried to arrest him for the warrant.

to heed the warrant and then could have had a standoff over, you know, a shootout over something that wasn't good anymore. So I was kind of strange that they didn't let him know. And, well, I mean, we didn't, I don't know if I'm sure on somewhere on the 47 acres, he has a phone. I'm almost positive Most property in America Somewhere has, I don't know, a mailbox That gets things delivered from the post office

So You know, he might, I don't know if he has the internet So I mean there's I just find it strange that we didn't let anyone know about that But that's the longest standoff in American history right there. A little bit different, however, but technically the longest standoff in American history has ended. John Joe Gray was in prison himself on his 47 acres for 14 years. And with what happened in Oregon, I wouldn't be surprised if a federal judge came along and said,

the district attorney can't do that. he needs to go to prison. Then, then, the fun will start. This is the Jeff Fisher Show on The Blaze Radio Network. You're listening to the Jeff Fisher Show, the Blaze Radio Network. When our water heater broke down last month, it was a nightmare. It took five hours for the plumber to show up, and he charged us a couple of hundred bucks just to come out.

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