The Most Dangerous Man in Vermont | Daniel Banyai | Ep. 452

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He was called the most dangerous man in Vermont. The governor said it on television. The truth is more boring and more alarming. Daniel Banyai is a former protection contractor and a Seventh-day Adventist who built a firearms training school called Slate Ridge in West Pawlet. He did it by the book. Federal firearms license. Explosives permits. Zoning. A school classification the town had handed out for 200 years. He welcomed anyone who'd show up and shoot straight.

Then it came apart. Neighbors who'd missed their window found a clause and reopened it. The town pulled the permit it had already…