Saturday, January 30, 2016

The Burns Standoff

It's almost over.  
After weeks of monitoring the situation, the federal government has finally gotten the upper hand in the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside Burns, Oregon.  Ammon Bundy and seven other protesters who seized the facility there were captured and arrested earlier this week, with eight more protesters - three of which were arrested - giving up this past Wednesday.  One rancher involved in the protest was shot to death.
Hopefully the remaining four protesters will give in and give up.  They can be peaceful and admit that their demonstration against federal land management is over.  Otherwise, this will not end well.  It's caused enough adversity already.    

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