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Part Six: The Perfect Soldier

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Tim McVey

Tim McVey, like Randy Weaver, was the perfect example of the sort of man Louis Beam was hoping to reach. Despite his glowing service record, he had trouble finding work. He believed that the federal government intended to disarm the American public gradually and take away the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. The conspiracist McVey embraced were not quite open neo-Nazi anti-Semites but they were kissing cousins to that kind of belief.

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