Ghana was quoted as saying he became a militant leader to secure his community, adding that he had decided to genuinely embrace the calls by Ortom for people in the state,
holding illegal weapons, to surrender them and embrace peace.
During the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout in California, a time when Assault
Weapons were (and still are)
illegal in California, two bank robbers armed with
illegal assault
weapons and
illegal 100 round magazines
held off 200 policemen armed with only shotguns and handguns for 20 minutes, injuring 17 people before they were taken down.