title: bundy brothers discharged from oregon jail headed to nevada with us marshals
text: us militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears  
  reuters 
  down a georgia country road camouflaged members of the three percent security force have mobilized for rifle practice handtohand combat training  and an impromptu campaign rally for republican presidential candidate donald trump 
  how many people are voting for trump oohrah asks chris hill a paralegal who goes by the code name bloodagent 
  oohrah shout a dozen militia members in response as morning sunlight sifted through the trees last weekend 
  as the most divisive presidential election in recent memory nears its conclusion some armed militia groups are preparing for the possibility of a stolen election on nov  and civil unrest in the days following a victory by democrat hillary clinton 
  they say they wont fire the first shot but theyre not planning to leave their guns at home either 
  trumps populist campaign has energized militia members like hill who admire the republican moguls promise to deport illegal immigrants stop muslims from entering the country and build a wall along the mexico border trump has repeatedly warned that the election may be rigged and has said he may not respect the results if he does not win at least one paramilitary group the oath keepers has called on members to monitor voting sites for signs of fraud 
  armed paramilitary groups first gained prominence in the early s fueled by confrontations in ruby ridge idaho and waco texas culminating in a militia sympathizers  bombing of a federal office building in oklahoma city that killed  people 
  their numbers dwindled following that attack but have spiked in recent years driven by fears that president barack obama will threaten gun ownership and erode the power of local government the southern poverty law center which tracks extremist groups estimates there were  active militias last year up from  in  
  in recent years armed groups have confronted federal authorities in a series of landuse disputes in the western united states federal officials fear more clashes could come after seven militants were acquitted on conspiracy charges for occupying a federal wildlife refuge in oregon 
  many fear clinton would push the county further to the left 
  this is the last chance to save america from ruin hill said im surprised i was able to survive or suffer through eight years of obama without literally going insane but hillary is going to be more of the same 
  
  extremist groups emboldened 
  the oath keepers a prominent antigovernment force that sent guntoting members to the  race riots in ferguson missouri called on members last week to monitor voting sites on election day for any signs of fraud 
  an hour south of atlanta the three percent security force started the day around the campfire taking turns shooting automatic pistols and rifles at a makeshift target range they whooped with approval when blasts from one members highpowered rifle knocked down a tree 
  the group operates independently but is affiliated with a national armed movement that calls for members to defend individual rights in the face of what they see as an overreaching federal government the movement draws its name from the notion that no more than  percent of the american population fought in the revolutionary war against britain 
  amid the war games hill weighed plans for a possible armed march on washington if clinton wins 
  he said he doesnt want his members leading the way but they will defend the protesters if need be his group will not hesitate to act if a president clinton tries to disarm gun owners he said 
  i will be there to render assistance to my fellow countrymen and prevent them from being disarmed and i will fight and i will kill and i may die in the process said hill who founded the militia several years ago 
  trumps candidacy has emboldened extremist groups to speak more openly about challenging the rule of law said ryan lenz a researcher at the southern poverty law center 
  prior to this campaign season these ideas were relegated to sort of the political fringe of the american political landscape he said now these ideas are legitimized 
  over the past week some prominent trump supporters have hinted at violence 
  if trump loses im grabbing my musket former illinois representative joe walsh wrote on twitter last week conservative commentator wayne root fantasized about clintons death while speaking at a trump rally in las vegas on sunday 
  back in georgia the three percent security force wrapped up rifle practice in the midday sun they then headed further into the trees to tackle an obstacle course with loaded pistols at their sides ready for whatever may come 
  weve building up for this just like the marines he said we are going to really train harder and try to increase our operational capabilities in the event that this is the day that we hoped would never come share on