Calling All Oath Keepers to Stand Watch at Bundy Ranch

By Stewart Rhodes

Protester Eric Parker from central Idaho aims his weapon from a bridge next to the Bureau of Land Management's base camp.
Protester Eric Parker from central Idaho aims his weapon from a bridge next to the Bureau of Land Management’s base camp. IMG:REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
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Las Vegas, NV – -(Ammoland.com)- First, at the moment things are quiet here. 99% of the rumors on the internet are either blatantly false or wildly inaccurate.

No strong presence of federal agents has been seen. Remnants of BLM’s recent sojourn here are still present, such as the lights they had put up at their “field-headquarters” and no doubt we are under surveillance of all kinds, but there is no overt, visible massing of federal law enforcement.

We are, however concerned that the domestic enemies of the Constitution that infest the federal government might try to take advantage of folks going home, and attempt to make a move on the Bundy family. We feel certain that they will want to try again at some point, perhaps in a different way, even perhaps by executing a dynamic entry raid to attempt to arrest the Bundys. And we have heard that this is being discussed, though I have not been able to directly confirm it. But it is a real risk.

Therefore, to prevent such a raid, or to at least throw a monkey wrench into any such plans and make it more difficult for them, we’re doing the following:

1: We are calling on all Oath Keepers who can possibly get here to come to the Bundy Ranch to serve as volunteers on an ongoing, rotating watch.

That is not because there is any great emergency, but is a preventative measure – sort of like doing a rotation on the DMZ.

I am urging each and every Oath Keepers member who can, to get here and spend a bit of time to ensure that the Bundys are not alone. We need boots on the ground. We want you here, standing watch, which is appropriate for us Oath Keepers since our motto is “Not on Our Watch.”

We have six Oath Keepers here from New Hampshire (one of whom – Jerry DeLemus – is now the head of security for the ranch). We have one woman, Lori Storm, who drove down by herself from Nebraska, and one of our Board members from Nebraska, Steve Homan, is also here. We’ve got people here from Montana, Utah, Arizona, California, and Washington State. People are here from all over the country.

But people, however dedicated, will get burnt out and we need others to rotate in. We need you to step up and serve your turn on watch.

We are raising money to help with gasoline – just be sure to save all receipts for reimbursement.

(EA here: That may only be available on first-come first-served basis. Of the money we’ve raised thus far, we’ve given $12,000.00 dollars to the Bundy family, and we purchased a $1,000.00 generator, but we are now raising more money to help some folks traveling from afar.)

I will not ask you to do anything I am not willing to do myself. So, even though I have been away from my home and family since April 10 2014, I am still here, and I will remain here through April 19 2014, standing watch with the others. I was supposed to be speaking at a rally in Idaho on that day, but I canceled that because I need to be here to lead by example by also pulling a watch stint.

And I can think of no better place to be on April 19 than on ground where modern patriots followed the example of the Founders and stood firm in defense of liberty. Like their forefathers before them who stood at Lexington and Concord, they refused to bend the knee to tyranny, and they stood their ground. And that spot of ground may go down in history as the birthplace of the next American Revolution, where the tide was turned, and the people stood up.

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Mac

I admit I know very little about this situation. Being a farmer in the east I am not familiar with the BLM or grazing rights on federal property. The media reports I have found seem to lack a lot of information on the ranchers side of the story. From what I can piece together from media reports this rancher is not paying grazing fees to the federal government for grazing his cattle on federal land. The BLM has a court order to evict his cattle from the land. Is that correct? If that is in fact correct and all the… Read more »

Darren

Getting the BLM to back down was winning a battle. Winning the “war” is another matter. They have time on their side. How long can our freedom fighters protect the Bundy Ranch? Six months? 1 year? Eventually, the guards will dwindle & the feds will win. We have to go on the offensive here. The way to win is to go after the oppressing agencies. The goal now should be to have the feds sell off all the land they hold & shut down agencies like the BLM, National Park Service, etc. It is only when they don’t have the… Read more »

Rob

Not a troll, an American patriot with a cool head and sense of reason.This is not going to be a win if the militia just hunkers down in an indefensible position and waits to get slaughtered, which is what they’re currently doing. The best defense is a good offense, and having thrown their lot in with a lawbreaker, the militia’s options are limited. They need to actively and aggressively pursue a resolution to this action. Their haste and zeal led to this extended commitment to guard Bundy for an indeterminate amount of time, a duty that can’t go on forever.… Read more »

Roy

No they wont, they are not going to come back with guns. If they do, they will have a war with the American people on their hands and the Democrats will not only loose the Senate, the republicans will have a veto proof majority and Obama will be rendered totally powerless.

Democrats are stupid but they are not THAT stupid. The Bundy ranch has bad PR written all over it for the Democrats.

Nice try troll.

Rob

In defending Bundy against excessive government force, they performed the constitutional role of militia perfectly. However, in stopping the BLM from their duty of carrying out a lawful court order, they became that which they are intended to oppose – those who would subvert the Constitution and the rule of law. Constitutional protections no longer apply (if they ever did). And now not only have they become vigilantes, they’ve tarnished the name of militia, put the Second Amendment at risk, and painted themselves into a corner. The only way to avoid a Waco-esque ending and control the damage done is… Read more »

Bruce Gordon

If you are heading to Bundy’s Place, PLEASE take a few of the small video Drones, with you…. they need to have as MUCH aerial support as possible, when the BLM comes back, and that video will be VERY Likely the only video, on the Bundy’s side, when this all ends up in Federal Court. You NEED to document, every MOVE these BLM JackBoot Thugs do, so you can SHOW, they Exceeded their Authority, granted by the Federal Court in the Warrant, they are operating under. This will be a VERY Critical Point, in Court. Please, Please, Get you Aerial… Read more »

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