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The Zorro Ranch Break-In: 30 Missing Guns and a Wall of Silence From The Staff (4/30/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the
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  Epstein Chronicles. Back in twenty eighteen, Jeffrey Epstein had his
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  house broken into and roughly thirty guns were stolen from
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  a very large gun save. And we've talked about this previously,
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  but there wasn't very much information out there about what
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  went down. Well, today the New York Post has an
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  article talking about it and digging a little bit deeper,
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  and I think that one of the most interesting tidbits
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  here is what Epstein's reaction was when he found out
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  that his house had been broken into and the guns
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  had been stolen. And of course, when we're dealing with
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  Jeffrey Epstein, you always have to think that this might
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  be some part of a schemer, a plot. Right Were
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  those guns not stolen? Were those guns taken by somebody
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  Epstein knows and used for whatever purpose? Quite possible. And
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  if you're wondering why a guy like Jeffrey Epstein had
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  so many guns, let's remember where he got his start,
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  and let's remember who his mentors were. So the fact
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  that Epstein had a bunch of guns doesn't shock me
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  in the least. The real question is what happened to
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  those guns and where are they now? Today's article was
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  published by The New York Post and the headline more
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  than thirty guns stolen from Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico Zoro ranch,
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  but staff stonewalled the police. Probe inside job very possible.
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  Why would the staff stonewall the investigation? If it was
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  a legit break in and those guns were actually stolen,
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  why in the hell would the staff stonewalllet This article
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  was authored by Alex Oliviera. Dozens of guns were reportedly
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  stolen from Jeffrey Epstein's Oro ranch in twenty eighteen, but
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  his staff refused to cooperate when police tried to investigate. So,
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  right off the bat, that smells weird. Why in the
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  hell would they not cooperate? What do they have to
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  gain from not cooperating? What's coming their way if they
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  don't cooperate? None of it makes sense. If somebody breaks
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  into your house or the house of your boss and
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  they steal a bunch of guns, probably a good idea
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  to talk to the police, give them a statement, and
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  try and find out where those guns went. Right. Then again,
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  maybe those guns weren't stolen after all. Much of the
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  thirty two weapon arsenal was stolen from a very large
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  gun safe in a garage at the Pedals Mysterious New
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  Mexico property, while some were also snatched from two other
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  buildings on the grounds. In August of twenty eighteen. A
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  New Mexico State Police report obtained by the Santa Fe
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  New Mexican showed, like, what how did they know those
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  guns were there? It had to be somebody that was
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  familiar with it, right, And why would they only target
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  the guns? Why not take property? Why not take paintings?
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  Why not take anything of worth? Now that's not to
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  say the guns aren't worth anything, but I'm talking about
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  significant wealth. Epstein had a bunch of paintings, a bunch
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  of art. Why just focus on the guns. The buildings
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  had apparently been broken into, with at least one window
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  smashed in the garage. Tire tracks were also found cutting
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  across the desert grounds and leading to a slashed open fence.
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  So obviously somebody quote unquote broke in, or they wanted
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  people to think that they broke in. Again, my first
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  impression is it doesn't pass the sniff test. The buildings
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  had apparently been broken into, with at least one window
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  smashed in the garage. Tire tracks were also found cutting
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  across the desert grounds and leading to a slashed open fence.
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  Epstein simply replied wild when informed over email about the
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  break in. Now, does that sound like a guy that's
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  concerned or does that sound like somebody that might have
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  known that something might be cracking off? So again I
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  ask you, where do those guns end up and who
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  is currently in possession of them? Reports about the break
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  in come as New Mexico investigators are in the midst
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  of the first extensive investigation into Zorro Ranch, located south
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  of Santa Fe, which was largely sparked by anonymous allegations
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  that Epstein and his cohort strangled women to death during
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  rough fetish sex on the property and buried their bodies there.
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  And look again, I'm not discounting it. I don't know.
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  I think it's a worthwhile investigation and it's something that
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  should certainly be looked into because we have no idea
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  what really took place at Zoro Ranch. And that's because
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  there's never been a real investigation. And that's always been
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  my biggest complaint, my biggest gripe. I want to get
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  to the bottom of this, and the only way to
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  do that is to have a real, sober look at it,
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  all the evidence, no bias, and follow that evidence wherever
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  it goes. Why is that so difficult for people to
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  accept and why is it so difficult for people to
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  agree on that occurring? What are you scared of? Look
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  if it came back after a real investigation with a
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  special counsel that all of it was just overblown, I'd
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  eat micro I would gladly come here and tell you, look,
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  this was wrong. That was wrong. We were wrong about that,
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  because that's what matters right, getting it right. We're getting
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  as close to the truth as possible, at least for me.
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  But the big problem is we've never had a real investigation.
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  And until that occurs, me and my big mouth, we're
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  going to be right here, yeappen. Survivors of Epstein's abuse
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  have also told tales about hearing talk of bizarre human
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  breeding experiments being conducted on the isolated property, and that's
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  something we've heard a lot about. We all know how
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  Epstein was into weird shit like transhumanism, and we all
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  know how he was into genetics, and we've all heard
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  the tales from women who were telling us about the
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  free show that was happening at that ranch. The problem
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  is nobody listened to those women when they were saying it.
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  The burglary happened almost a year before Epstein's suicide in
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  a New York City jail after being arrested for sex trafficking.
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  They're pretty confident in saying it was a suicide. Huh.
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  That's a different tone from the New York Post, considering
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  they've said that there was a lot wrong with Jeffrey
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  Epstein's death and that they had some questions about it.
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  But all of a sudden, it's a suicide. Huh. I
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  wonder why. I'm sure politics have nothing to do with it.
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  His ranch staff reported the break into police and catalog
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  the stolen weap in serial numbers, but when police asked
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  for the list and tried to press the investigation, they
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  were suddenly stonewalled. Staff then refused to provide further details
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  of the break in. Over weeks of follow up from authorities,
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  the investigation was closed after a month due to the
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  staff's refusal to cooperate. The New Mexican reported now that's
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  Epstein's refusal. Epstein told the staff not to cooperate one.
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  You think they'd make that decision on their own. So
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  my guess is that there was no break in. Here
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  is a fake break in to cover whatever reason that
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  those guns are being moved. For whatever clandestine reason, those
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  guns were needed. They needed to cover a story so
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  that they could tell the authorities that the guns were stolen,
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  provide the serial numbers. That way, they cover their asses
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  if anything happens with those guns. And as of right now,
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  that's where I'm sitting with this story. It remains on
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  clear if Epstein told the staff not to speak to police,
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  but emails released in the FBI's Epstein files show he
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  directed ranch managers to a lawyer. Yeah, no shit, Come on,
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  we all know that Epstein was calling the shots. Do
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  you really think some lowly ranch manager is going to
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  do this without Epstein giving his approval? Please advise if
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  we're able to forward the list of stolen weapons to
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  Office Bird of New Mexico State Police, so serial numbers
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  extra can be sent upawn shops, gun shows, etc. And
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  the hope that something will turn up, the manager wrote,
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  with Epstein then referring them to his lawyer. The stolen
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  weapons included rifles, handguns and antiques, according to The New
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  Mexican and Epstein kept that arsenal on his property despite
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  having been barred from owning a gun for ten years
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  thanks to his two thousand and eight felony conviction for
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  soliciting a minor for prostitution. There you go, another reason
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  why the NPA should be ripped up. But yeah, I'm crazy.
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  Epstein was totally in line with all of the terms
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  of that deal, right, and that NPA should never be touched.
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  And have you noticed that the Sheriff of Dorkingham, Todd Blanche,
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  never talks about the NPA or the fact that the
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  Justice Department could get rid of it tomorrow if they
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  wanted to. I wonder why. I wonder why they never
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  talk about that. I'm sure it has nothing to do
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  with the fact that Epstein was in violation of all
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  the terms and nobody did shit about it. I'm sure
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  that has nothing to do with it. It's possible as
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  violation of that federally mandated band was behind his refusal
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  to talk to police about the burglary. He apparently flouted
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  those rules brazenly. In addition to the safes full of
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  guns or a ranch had a shooting range, and property
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  trucks were equipped with handguns. Various young women were also
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  seen firing high powered rifles at the ranch, and photos
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  on earthed by the Epstein files. Sex trafficker also spared
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  no expenses on his lethal collection. Various cabinets used to
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  store them were valued at fifty seven five hundred and
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  insured his fine art. By twenty thirteen, The New Mexican reported, look, folks,
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  Jeffrey Epstein, in his previous life was an arms trafficker,
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  so it makes sense that he has access to whatever
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  guns he wanted. He did appear to tread lightly around
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  the weapons restrictions in the years immediately after the conviction.
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  In twenty eleven, Epstein was permitting staff members to carry guns,
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  but claimed he personally would not due to the conviction felony.
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  According to an email that he sent, Yeah sure, I'm sure.
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  Epstein had nothing to do with the guns, but he
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  also seemed to find workarounds. When asked in twenty ten
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  if staff should remove guns from the property before he arrived,
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  Epstein said yes, but simply directed them to move them
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  to a house on the land, which was owned by
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  a staff member. Thereby, following the restrictions while keeping the
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  weapons nearby. My guess is he moved the weapons to
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  Larry Vasaski's. Now, don't quille me on that, but that's
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  a staff member that lived on Zoro Ranch property. Who
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  else could it be? Having guns on a remote wilderness
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  ranch is not inherently strange. The New Mexico Desert is
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  rife with dangerous wildlife like rattlesnakes, while the state frequently
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  has one of the highest burglary rates in the country,
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  what do you need a gun for with a rattlesnake?
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  Using an AR fifteen to take out a rattlesnake? Tell
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  me you've never been to the desert. Without telling me
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  you've never been to the desert. But the accounts from
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  Epstein victims who were abused at Zoro Ranch could paint
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  a cadre of staff armed by an arsenal of weapons
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  in a much different light. Zoro Ranch was probably the
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  most eerie, just giant and quiet and literally in the
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  middle of nowhere and miles and miles of mountains and dirt.
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  It Epstein accuser Chante Davies told sixty Minutes Australia on
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  Sunday there was a lot of time being in my
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  room like a mouse in a trap, waiting for a
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  knock on the door and for someone to say Jeffrey
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  is ready for his massage. Now, Look, we're just beginning
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  to scratch the surface of Zora Ranch, and I think
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  as we move forward and more people come forward, we're
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  gonna have a lot more to work with. But we'll
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  have to see where this one goes and if there's
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  any follow up as to where these guns might have
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  ended up, because I think that's very, very interesting, and
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  like usual, we're gonna continue throwing uppercuts until we figure
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  out what's going on. All the information that goes with
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