A comment critical of the FBI posted to the agency’s Facebook page has landed one user in hot water today.

Referring to the infamous siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho in 1992, Brent Busch posted what he considered to be a sarcastic note underneath a message announcing openings at the FBI. Added September 11, Busch says two agents visited him at home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa earlier today.

“Hey FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation, I kind of want to shoot innocent women in the head, do you have any of those positions open?” he asked.

While he admits he could have been more clear about the reference, he told the Media Equalizer in an interview that he was “obviously referring to former FBI SRT sniper Lon Horiuchi who shot Vicki Weaver in the head at Ruby Ridge while she was holding her baby.”

Many of the nearly 100 users who responded to the job ad had similarly-snarky comments.

“They said somebody reported it as ‘threatening’ and wanted to ask me about it so I told them straight-up why I posted what I did. I told them any chance I get to tweak the FBI or ATF on social media, I make sure to do it because I don’t trust them and think both agencies are corrupt,” Busch said.

Busch says the agents “asked me stuff I probably shouldn’t have answered, but I know they already know anyway, like where I work, where I go to school, etc.”

While he concedes that his original comment was too vague and should have included a more direct reference to Ruby Ridge, he is “amazed they never stopped to think ‘hmm, job opening, shooting innocent women in the head. Hey, he must be making fun of us!’ How many other government alphabet agencies have shot innocent women in the head? I can only think of one: the FBI.”

Busch, an electronics engineering student, also told the Media Equalizer that “one agent asked me about the ball cap I was wearing. When I go to school, I always wear a black cap with the Gadsden ‘Don’t Tread On me’ on it. He asked if I’d been in the Marines. I told him no I wasn’t, I’ve always been conservative and the older I get the more Libertarian I’m becoming and I don’t trust your agency, the ATF, IRS, NSA, etc because all of you are corrupt and have targeted many innocent people.”

“The senior(?) agent made sure to scratch all that down on his notepad. Basically, everything I mentioned he scribbled down, which I’m sure will go in a database to possibly be used against me someday,” he said.

After the agents departed, Busch defiantly added another Facebook message: “I guess you morons didn’t like this post and had to send a couple agents to harass me today. Buffoons. For the clueless jackass that reported this, I was referring to your murderous FBI SRT sniper Lon Horiuchi.”

On his own page, Busch included a photo of the two business cards left by the visiting agents (top image).

As seen below, many commenters posted sarcastic or critical remarks on the FBI page:

The controversial tenure of former FBI Director James Comey has added to a sense of distrust among some Americans today.

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