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2-2-16
Why Americans Didn’t Rally Around Ammon Bundy
by Matthew C. Hulbert
The takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge triggered unpleasant memories of guerrilla warfare from our past.
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1-29-16
Ammon Bundy’s Wrongheaded History of Militias Is Getting People Killed
by Thomas A. Reinstein
Historically, militias were a tool of the state, not a force formed in opposition to the state.
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1-14-16
This Isn’t The First Time Armed Ranchers Have Seized Government Land in Oregon
by Steven C. Beda
Back in 1941 they proclaimed themselves the State of Jefferson. Then Pearl Harbor happened.
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