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Three of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's sons and what they claim are 150 militia members have occupied a federal building in eastern Oregon in order to keep two local ranchers out of prison, according to local reports.

The group is believed to be heavily-armed.

According to The Oregonian, the group seized the headquarters building at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge about 50 miles outside Burns, Ore. The remote facility was closed and unoccupied at the time.

Bundy and his supporters were in Oregon after two men were scheduled to go to prison on Monday for setting fires on federal land, according to a report by Oregon Public Broadcasting. The case has caused a stir in eastern Oregon because the two men were charged under anti-terrorism laws.

The two men, Dwight and Steve Hammond, appealed their cases multiple times, the report stated. They were required to report to prison on Monday.

The militia groups say the Hammond's were illegally prosecuted for setting what they claim was a controlled fire because the federal government has no authority at the county level.

"The facility has been the tool to do all the tyranny that has been placed upon the Hammonds," Ammon Bundy told the Oregonian.

Cliven Bundy, a rancher who engaged in an armed standoff with federal officials due a dispute he had with the Bureau of Land Management, was not present.

Earlier Saturday the Bundy brothers and an estimated 300 protesters marched in through Burns, Oregon, about 50 miles from the building they seized

Ammon Bundy on Saturday posted a video on his Facebook page asking "patriots" from across the country should to report to the refuge with weapons.

An investigative reporter for The Oregonian tweeted that Ammon Bundy wants to use the federal refuge as a militia base for years to come and called for anti-government supporters from around the country to come to the area.

It's unknown if the men are armed, but Cliven Bundy told John Sepulvado with Oregon Public Broadcasting that the militiamen have enough food supplies to last "a while."

In an interview with The Oregonian, Ammon Bundy refused to rule out violence if law enforcement officials try to intervene.

"We're planning on staying here for years, absolutely," he told The Oregonian. "This is not a decision we've made at the last minute."

Ammon Bundy said he met with local ranchers in the area that refused to take part in the seizure of the federal building, but decided to go ahead with the effort anyway.

He said he's calling out to other militiamen around the country to join the cause.

"We hope they will grab onto this and realize that it's been happening," he said.

Cliven Bundy gained international notoriety in 2014 because he refused to pay more than $1 million he owed the federal government for grazing cattle on federal property. Anti-government militias flocked to the Nevada ranch and engaged Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies in an armed standoff for weeks.

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honestly, how loving retarded are their women that they didn't bring tampons? I mean jesus christ, it's not like they went straight from the rally to the sit in too.

VitalSigns posted:

Wait Night Court was a real show?

I thought it was made up for that one 30 Rock episode. Is there even such a thing as an actual night court?

old dog child posted:

If I win the Powerball, I am going to surround the occupied area with giant speakers and blast dubstep and trap until they surrender.

theflyingorc posted:

Feel free to disagree, but i don't think the occupiers are the ones doing the stalking. Not that i don't think they're capable, but Pete kept ranting about how that was all a false flag, whereas if they were doing it, i think his argument would be about how stalking doesn't count when he does it

Duke Igthorn posted:

I've had a poo poo year so far, seriously poo poo and this pisses me off so bad. These guys have life so loving easy they can do this. The entire history of the United States has lead up to this point: chickenshit bullshit manbabies acting out their need for a struggle, their need to be "warriors" without, you know, actually being in danger. If the US never had all the bullshit they are currently trying to get torn down they never would have been comfortable enough to try to tear it down in the first place. It's like trying to get the government to stop giving out vaccines because a disease hasn't killed a bunch of people in years (oddly enough since they started the vaccines). I wish I could go camping for a few weeks on the government's dime.

1st AD posted:

If they knew how to communicate effectively or do things well they'd already be working for a PAC or lobbying or doing something productive.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Captain Bravo posted:

"Stay safe, buddies. I love you much!"

It's amazing how much someone being a dog-lover can almost make you want to forgive them for being an aggressively stupid fuckstick.

Lead out in cuffs posted:

Also Kieran Suckling, who was leading the environmentalist counter-protesters camped outside the refuge, announced that they all pulled out earlier in the evening:

https://twitter.com/KieranSuckling

The Insect Court posted:

Didn't the FBI end up arresting everyone's goatee'd dildo-enragee in Arizona after he had left? I'd assume the individuals packing up and heading home are all under a microscope, seems easiest and safest to just round them up individually in the same way.

meristem posted:

I'm kind of oddly worried about Fry now. I'd like to see a confirmation that he got peacefully arrested before this ends.

Just think, if he had found a different Internet echo chamber, he could have been an ardent, avid Bernie bro now. Extremely annoying in its own way, obviously, but at least not on his way to, eh, prison, I guess.

FilthyImp posted:

:Black chopper with giant speakers rolls up:
ATTENTION MILITIA MEMBERS:
WE WILL NOW BE READING YOU THE ENTIRE TWILIGHT TRILOGY... - chapter 1 - FIRST SIGHT. My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down...

Your Gay Uncle posted:

Ammon: Ok, we've had a lot of trouble with this occupation before, but I think we can do it this time . Pete, what are our odds?

Pete Santilli: I'm coming up with a 13.333 (repeating of course) chance of our survival.

Ammon: ok, what is Lavoy doing?

Pete Santilli: he appears to be idling under his blue tarp.

Ammon: Jesus....ok well I know he needs some drops from this occupation. I'll go in first and cast " Open Carry Patriot Intimidating Shout" and if we try and pull them one by one we should.....

Lavoy Finnicum: what's what chums lets do this. LAVVOOOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEEENKINS
*stands up, rushes FBI blockade*

Ammon : did he just run into the fed raid?

Pete Santilli: GOD DAMMIT LAVOY

*tpk*

SocketWrench posted:

Oh, you mean the same psycho that visited a town and announced she was glad to be in the home town of John Wayne (Gacey)? Yeah, how she holds office still is one of nature's mysteries.

Marijuana Nihilist posted:

Poor guy couldn't even fit in with crazy right-wing militants. I guess I...feel sorry for him?

Subterfrugal posted:

So the revolution may not have started out great, but we've got a great followup idea!

*jumps in a pickup truck with a bullhorn*

LAVOY DIED FOR YOUR FREEDOM YOU DUMBSHITS!

Crabtree posted:

Question is if the NRA would ever let that happen. Its a logical law to think about, but I really doubt all the systems that have been built to "protect" the second amendment would ever allow this precedence to be made because "If you can take away the criminal's right to guns, then *insert drivel that somehow takes away speaker's guns*".

kartikeya posted:

https://twitter.com/jjmacnab/status/696575022211559426

1200 dudes? We'll do it with 400, amateurs.

Shakenbaker posted:

So many movies talked about tonight as if they were documentaries.

STAC Goat posted:

1200 new posts? What did I miss? All I'm seeing is vague reports of the FBI sorrounding them.

FourLeaf posted:

Wait so Bundy was just holed up with a bunch of guns in Nevada? And they got him to travel on a plane where he couldn't take any weapons? I'm not sure to think if the FBI is just that clever or Bundy is just that dumb.