
The stand-off in Oregon between the Federal government and Ammon Bundy and his fellow ranchers does not seem to be winding down. Bundy and his loosely connected organization came to Burns, Oregon about two weeks ago in support of Steven and Dwight Hammond, local ranchers who were accused of arson some years ago. The charges were filed because the Hammonds cleared some of their ranch by burning the underbrush and overgrowth, but the fire spread to surrounding Federal land. The Hammonds were able to extinguish the blaze without help, and in fact, both the Hammonds ranch and the Federal land are said to be more productive and healthier from the clearing, but the government seems intent on making a show of who is in charge.
The charge of arson, which in and of itself seems like a huge miscarriage of justice, in that it carries a mandatory sentence of 5 years in prison. A judge who tried the case thought so too and said that it would be improper and unfair to send them to prison for 5 years each, so he sentenced the Hammonds to less than a year in jail, which they completed some time ago. However, a judge or government agency seeking to show ranchers everywhere just who is in charge has demanded that the Hammonds serve the full five years, and the father and son left for prison last week.
Ammon Bundy claims new documents expose government abuse, page 2:
Anyone remember the trail of tears?
And All the land that the government took away from the rightful owners.
Yeah. Right. Sure ya did.
Crown Corp. ftw
They burned on their own land. BLM was doing a burn of their own. Bundys have used this land for years, there is more to this store of blown up ridiculous grazing fee. Has something to do with water rights. I can’t remember all the details right now. If you read on the Bundy page you will learn the truth. The media is eating this up with calling them terrorist and all the other lies just to turn the public against them. Since when is an American rancher trying to protect what is his, a Terrorist? Read up and learn the truth
Should be Oregon State controlled land and NOT FEDERAL PIN HEADS
Should be Oregon State controlled land and NOT FEDERAL PIN HEADS
If you’ve ever been on federal land in these western states you would actually be happy the federal government and not the state is in charge of it and not for grabs to private enterprise once the state is in charge. These lands have always been federal lands. It’s nothing new. They just want to pay less for the government cheese and are crying foul if the government changes any restrictions on the federal land that’s not owned and wasn’t intended to be used by these ranchers. If you don’t have water on your land and if you’ve had to use the water on the federal land and now are complaining about the lack of access, again that’s more government cheese that he’s trying to get at a discount. If he wants an acreage with great water rights and lots of land for grazing, then buy a freakin acreage that has both and quit complaining.
I can see the headlines now going several months into the future… “The death has been called mysterious. Authorities are on the lookout for 3 Hispanic males. Robbery may have been the motive.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/twitter-pokes-fun-oregon-militia$#%&!@*fanfic-article-1.2488808
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2016/01/25/federal-official-forest-service-land-arizona/