Oregon Standoff Pros And Cons

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The Oregon standoff has been a big story in 2016. This issue has been dragged out for a month now. The issue has been taken place in Harney County where citizens are tired of this pointless standoff interfering with their daily lives. This has been a long and confusing month for all the county. The Bundy family comes out of nowhere with many supports claiming they are fighting for the rights of the people and protecting the Hammond family. The Hammond family has no ties with the Bundy family and since the standoff began they have been distancing themselves from the standoff. The confusing part is that the Bundys and their militia seem to not know what they’re fighting for. CNN reports that when asked about what the Bundy’s and the militia want …show more content…

They are holding up a wildlife refuge and they are all from out of state. They came in gun blazing and it is now their outpost. While no one was killed it still is a very dangerous act. While we have the global threat of ISIS we can compare that extremist group to these militiamen in Oregon. They are both fighting for what they think is right by using terror. We should be treating future arrests of the Bundys as if they were terrorist. The Washington Monthly says “Cliven Bundy and his miscreants got away with a wide range of crimes due to the forbearance of federal officials.” Author David Atkins calls the Bundy clan clowns and compares the ISIS and the Bundys by saying they both want to see a fall of the government. The issue comes up as to why force isn’t being applied to arrest the Bundys. While other left-wing activationist groups are getting teargassed and more just from protesting. While this might be a problem of location it isn’t fair for the Bundys to get away so easy with these acts of terror. Justice needs to be brought to them the same way justice would be brought to real …show more content…

There seems to be a battle between keeping things traditionally versus making an almost whole new America. Change is needed and is a natural thing. But with this change the traditionally folks seem to think that the government is trying to go against them. So they fight back instead of adapting to the change. They use terror as a means to get their point across. The Oregon standoff is a pathetic attempt for the Bundys to say they are changing America. They found success and are that hoping to be unstoppable. Unfortunately this the real world and their are consequences for behavior like taking over a wildlife refuge. From this action it shows that Americans need more gun laws so that not everyone can have guns. This would decrease the amount of shooting and people would be all around safer without guns. The incident is soon to be over freeing the citizens of Harney County. Hopefully the Bundys and their supporters get what they deserve and are treated like the law would treat anyone

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