You would not be surprised to hear that some of the people here in Oregon are all upset about President Obama’s executive order on gun control. They have bought into this conspiracy of Alex Jones, and claim that the EO is just the first step in declaring martial law and taking away everyone’s guns. I even had someone tell me that even though they had a lot of guns in their home, they did not know how to shoot, but would use the guns as bats to keep them from being taken.
The lunatics, with a real nutjob as a spokesperson, are dangerous, and while it would be easy to laugh at their antics, there are far too many people across this nation who think that they are right. In fact, these kinds of terrorists have been on the rise since 2009, fed by a combination of fear and racism fostered by the likes of Karl Rove, Rupert Murdoch et al, and the Tea Party fanatics in the GOP. They are given a free pass by the press, instead of being called out for what they are - anarchists, terrorists, thieves, and anti-American. These people should have been arrested shortly after they took the refuge buildings, and if a few got shot with non-lethal ammo, maybe they would wake up and realize that real ammo would be coming next, and one of them could die.
I do not want a Ruby Ridge or Waco situation to develop, but that is what they want and they hope that like John Brown in the 1860s they will be remembered as heroes of the civil war by many. They are not HEROES STANDING UP FOR AMERICANS - THEY ARE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS HOLDING PUBLIC (keyword: public, owned by the people) LANDS HOSTAGE! TREAT THEM ACCORDINGLY - ARREST, TRY, CONVICT, AND IF THEY RESIST, SHOOT THEM! (After all, if they were black, Muslim, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or foreign, that would have already happened, right?)