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Bundy: No plans to leave

Ammon Bundy, center, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, arrives for a news conference with supporters at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Friday, near Burns, Ore. Bundy the leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists have no immediate plans to leave. Bundy spoke to reporters Friday, a day after meeting with a local sheriff who asked the group to go.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

The protesters who took over a federal building in southeast Oregon did not accept the local sheriff’s offer for safe passage out of the state. “During this morning’s press conference, the people on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge made it clear that they have no intention of honoring the sheriff’s request to leave,” according to a statement posted Friday afternoon on the Harney County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. “Because of that, there are no planned meetings or calls at this time. However, the sheriff is keeping all options open”/ CNN . More here.

Question: Should the federal government force these characters to leave?

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