Practicality of action does not automatically imply disbelief of the fundamental tenets of the Second Amendment. Screwing up in carrying to a state known for its draconian gun laws is not an excuse for something that could have been easily prevented.
IOW, there is ‘fighting’ and there is fighting. Choose your ground and your advantage. I’d much rather have a conflagration with the Fed over something like out west now than over something like this. He should have known better, IMO.
He should have. He made a mistake and is being treated like a criminal. Are you ok with him going to prison over a mistake? Shouldn’t Bundy have just paid his grazing fees?
So he should take the year?