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I feel like the whole protest march was a ruse so that they could do what theyre doing right now. >> reporter: some people arent ranchers that say they came into our community and took over. why are they coming from outside into our community? >> i understand that concern. >> reporter: the group that calls themselves the citizens for constitutional freedom are still here. its day four. we dont see any local, state or federal police out here. it is in the middle of nowhere. we are about 35 miles ...

Women mostly from nevada and arizona. while they do not call themselves anti-government, they are opposed to the bureau of land management, a federal agency. the federal government, they say, does have a place like securing the borders. as it turns out, they took a loan through the federal government loan program through the small business administration, took a loan of about $500,000. kate? >> sara sidner out there for us. thank you very much. u.s. marshal has been involved in multiple operatio...

Older, a year for the younger. but because they were prosecuted under an anti-terrorism law, the government appealed the shorter sentences. now because the government is playing hardball with the h hammo hammonds. armed protesters have taken over several federal buildings. the local sheriff thinks bundy wants to overthrow the local and federal government. listen. >> the hammonds have turned themselves in. its time for you to leave our community, go home to your families, and end this peacefully....

Luckily, alka seltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels. >> for the same reason. t.r.m. howard, a very important rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. naacp guy in the civil rights movement, he made sure that stuff was armed as much as fast, powerful liquid gels humanly possible out there. from alka seltzer plus so yes, that is part of the idea and the concept. i would also, though, caution us there it is... for a second here. if black lives matter took over this is where i met your...

Movement in 1972 took over the bureau of indian affairs with molotov cocktails and guns. they beat people up. they held it in the last waning days of the election of 1972. and that ended without anybody getting shot. the vast majority of these standoffs do not end up in this situation, thank god. >> ben. >> but chris, at the same time, to the list with waco and ruby ridge is philadelphia in 1985. >> move. right. >> and the move headquarters and the children who were incinerated in that basement....

Constitution, they have come down upon the people and are prosecuting them now directly. they are coming down into the states and taking over the land and the resources. >> reporter: federal authorities, including the fbi, are watching and waiting. not wanting a prolonged armed standoff or tragedies like waco and ruby ridge. not everyone in the town of 70,000 supports the malicious tactics. >> i am sympathetic to their cause, you know. but the way theyre going about it is disastrous. >> reporter...

A rancher who fought the federal government over grazing fees. constitutional fight over the federal government ownership of huge tracks of land in the west. >> we make a stand so they will not happen to other people across this country. so they will not comet"1a into our homes and take away our rights and they will not come into our chins homes and take away their rights. >> tactic and fear it may back fire. local schools have been closed for the entire week. out of extreme caution. some are af...

Overwhelmingly white states. blood shed. but that added dimension when you bring in a more diverse and obviously theres ruby ridge and theres waco. theres actual precedent here. voting pool, it changes. but also, thats -- that is the >> do you think what weve seen in this sort of i think emerging argument that a lot of people conventional wisdom about the marshal for the second campaign so far not being -- amendment, that basically thats why we should be able to have very untouched by ads. guns,...

Older, a year for the younger. but because they were prosecuted under an anti-terrorism law, the government appealed the shorter sentences. now because the government is playing hardball with the h hammo hammonds. armed protesters have taken over several federal buildings. the local sheriff thinks bundy wants to overthrow the local and federal government. listen. >> the hammonds have turned themselves in. its time for you to leave our community, go home to your families, and end this peacefully....

Treat these white protesters the way that black protesters have been treated. the answer quite frankly is just the reverse. to say hey, if we dont need the national guard to deal with armed white men, maybe we dont need the national guard to deal with unarmed black men. thats the type of conversation that we should be having. >> and to this point, right? i think theres something sort of profound here, right? about this idea of them being armed. because at one level i think thats part of the reas...