The oregon standoff is a battle between the federal government and American militias. The American militia is lead by Ammon Bundy. The county of Harney is where the whole incident is taking place. At once a peaceful protest in the county of Harney, turned into an armed occupation. Their goal of the protest was to free ranchers Dwight and Steve Hammond, who were both found guilty of committing arson due to setting a fire on federal land. In the act of what was a peaceful protest, the militia has taken control over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to send the government a bigger message. No one was hurt from them taking over the refuge and they aren’t destroying property. County sheriff David M. Ward has offered treaties and has done his best …show more content…
They feel that they can not trust the government. The biggest reasons they are losing trust in the government is that they see changes they do not agree with. The two biggest being gun control and border patrol. Many patriot groups have set up their own border patrol because they feel Obama is too lenient with the illegal immigrants. These groups have grown big and can have 24 hour surveillance at points on the border and have many teams out at the same time. They feel that they are taking the role of what the government should be doing. They feel that they are protecting the country against terrorist which is a huge issue today. Along with protecting America from terrorist they also believe that they are helping the people by keeping out immigrants. They believe by doing so they can keep Americans employed. Many of the militiamen use AR-15’s for weapon of choice for daily use or on these routine missions. The gun itself is a common rifle because it is light and getting parts to build it are fairly easy. In the past Obama and his cabinet have tried to put restrictions on the gun by making it illegal to buy ammo for it. This made many people mad not only from the militiamen but across the all America. After an outcry they stopped the from processing the law. Many people feel like the ammo law and many other actions restricting gun purchasing and usage is an attack on their second amendment. On the contrary the belief is to make guns harder to buy or by getting rid of them that’ll make the people safe. Obama and his cabinet are pushing to try to solve gun violence in America, their answer is to get guns out of hands of bad people by making it harder for people to obtain guns. This solution they have come up with offends people with guns and makes them worried that guns will