Oregon Stand Off Could Boost Obama’s Gun Control Push

Monday, January 4, 2016
By Paul Martin

Prominent voices warn seizure of federal building was a bad idea

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
January 4, 2016

Some are concerned that the stand off in Oregon could be an ill-conceived move that will only serve to bolster President Obama’s gun control agenda as he prepares to unveil new executive orders to restrict firearms.

Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss new gun control measures later today, with an expansion of background checks on gun sales set to be announced before his State of the Union address on January 12.

The timing is noteworthy given this weekend’s armed seizure of a federal building at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon by anti-government protesters.

A potential violent showdown between the feds and the protesters, who have vowed to defend themselves with force, would provide Obama with a perfect narrative that he could exploit to justify draconian new measures on gun ownership.

Prominent voices in libertarian circles are warning that the seizure of the federal building was a rash decision that could have disastrous consequences.

As Oath Keepers have highlighted, the Hammond family, which is at the center of the dispute with federal authorities, has insisted that it is not affiliated with the group that is occupying the wildlife refuge building.

“We cannot force ourselves or our protection on people who do not want it. Dwight and Steven Hammond have made it clear, through their attorney, that they just want to turn themselves in and serve out their sentence,” writes Stewart Rhodes. “And that clear statement of their intent should be the end of the discussion on this. No patriot group or individual has the right or the authority to force an armed stand off on this family, or around them, against their wishes. You cannot help someone who does not want your help, and who are not willing and ready to take a hard stand themselves.”

Alt-Market’s Brandon Smith called the seizure a “terrible plan,” noting that some protesters were misled as to the nature of the action and that the federal building has no symbolic importance, unlike the Bundy Ranch.

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