Posted January 3, 2016 12:58 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters and visitor's center

Oh, dear, they’ve really done it now.

A handful of self-styled “militia” left a protest yesterday in Burns, Oregon, drove to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge an hour away, and occupied the visitor’s center.

The fears of many Burns-area residents of violence when hundreds of militia members converged on the small town failed to materialize as a protest march and rally went peacefully Saturday, in support of a pair of ranchers about to begin their second federal prison term on an arson conviction.

But a short time later, a smaller group took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters, about 60 miles to the southeast.

Ammon Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher known for his 2014 standoff with the federal government, told NewsChannel 21 he and his group are prepared to stay at the refuge for as long as necessary. He urged others to join them, saying they are peaceful and don’t mean any harm.

“It is the people’s facility, owned by the people,” Bundy said. “And it has been provided for us, to be able to come together and unite in making a hard stand against this overreach, this taking of the people’s land and resources.”

While most people in town …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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