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I know there was a thread on here somewhere about this but I can't find it for the life of me. You would have thought the DA would have mentioned he dropped the charges.

TRINIDAD, Texas – After almost 15 years, what is believed to be the longest armed standoff in American history quietly came to a peaceful close Wednesday.

"Being a peace officer, you do have some emotions — that you would like to see him brought before court and the case tried — but on the other hand, was it worth all that it might have cost to do that?" said Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt.

John Joe Gray was arrested in 1999 for assaulting a state trooper during a traffic stop. Gray said it was his God-given right to carry the pistol he had that day, without a concealed handgun license. When the trooper tried to arrest him, Gray admits getting into a scuffle and biting him.

Gray was eventually charged with assaulting a public servant. But he refused to return to court, and instead, armed himself at home.

"If they come out after us, bring extra body bags. Those who live by the sword will die by the sword," Gray told ABC News in a 2000 interview.

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...interesting how this has all played  out...don't think I would have take this path.

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Me neither, wonder if it was the timing of when it happened that sheriffs held back, being so close to Waco and Ruby Ridge

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...I think it was a very risky course of action for the guy...I don't know...maybe he was in good with the Judge and the Sheriff's.

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The Grays painted their paranoia on signs posted along their fence. “Vaccinations equal annihilation” reads one of the anti-government messages.

 

Gray said it was his God-given right to carry the pistol he had that day, without a concealed handgun license. When the trooper tried to arrest him, Gray admits getting into a scuffle and biting him.

 

Sounds sane...

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What, you don't go around biting LEO's?

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