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Storify: Bundy group’s Oregon wildlife refuge occupation elicits support, mocking

A sign tacked outside a Burns. Ore., home reflects growing community sentiment that outsider militia aren’t welcome. Self-styled patriots and militia say they are in the area to help ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, convicted of arson for burning federal land. The sign refers to Ammon Bundy, whose father Cliven Bundy was at the center of an armed standoff in Nevada in 2014.
A sign tacked outside a Burns. Ore., home reflects growing community sentiment that outsider militia aren’t welcome. Self-styled patriots and militia say they are in the area to help ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, convicted of arson for burning federal land. The sign refers to Ammon Bundy, whose father Cliven Bundy was at the center of an armed standoff in Nevada in 2014. AP

The occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon by a group led by part of the Bundy family has generated plenty of comment.

This story was originally published January 4, 2016 at 11:56 AM with the headline "Storify: Bundy group’s Oregon wildlife refuge occupation elicits support, mocking."

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