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Rocky Mountain Rendezvous (1992)

Not to be confused with Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, the annual rendezvous held in the Western United States between 1825 and 1840.
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous
YMCA of the Rockies, the venue of the Rendezvous
DateOctober 23–25, 1992 (1992-10-23 – 1992-10-25)
VenueEstes Park YMCA
LocationEstes Park, Colorado
Also known as"Special Gathering of Christian Men"
ThemeAmerican militia movement, Patriot movement, Radical right politics
CauseKilling of Vicki and Samuel Weaver (Ruby Ridge)
Organised byPete Peters, Scriptures for America Ministries
Participants150–175
OutcomeTransition of American right-wing terrorism to leaderless resistance
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The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous was an October 1992 meeting in Estes Park, Colorado of 150 to 175 adherents and leaders of the American militia movement, Patriot movement and the radical right that developed the modern strategy for right-wing terrorism in the United States.[1][2] The Rendezvous was organized by Christian Identity Pastor Pete Peters in response to the Ruby Ridge standoff two months prior.[3][4][5] Concerns included that the United States federal government was a police state engaged in systematic over taxation, wrongful imprisonment and murder of its citizens, described by the meeting as "genocide."[6][7][8][9]

The meeting was critical in influencing the young American militia movement and sparking the transition in radical right and white supremacist violence in the United States towards leaderless resistance.[10][11][12]

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  11. ^ Markham-Cameron, Julia (June 2019). "Firearm Stockpiling as a Symptom of the White Patriot Identity, or: How Whites Learned to Start Worrying and Love The Gun" (PDF). Social Justice & Equity Law Journal. 2 (2): 178–80.
  12. ^ Winter, Aaron (2010). "American Terror: From Oklahoma City to 9/11 and After". In Brecher, B.; Devenney, M.; Winter, A. (eds.). Discourses and Practices of Terrorism: Interrogating Terror (PDF). Oxford, England: Routledge.

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