The deadly stand-off between the Weaver family and the authorities had a profound impact on the Westovers. For one thing, the deaths of Randy Weaver's wife and son during the stand-off further inflamed Mr. Westover's already delirious levels of paranoia. Tara distinctly remembers her dad saying that it could just as easily have been the Westovers who'd been killed.
In the aftermath of the Ruby Ridge tragedy , Gene's more convinced than ever before that the government's out to get his family and anyone else who resists their "brainwashing" by...
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