The two Hammonds are ranchers (ages 74, 46) in Oregon who are going back to jail Monday after serving time already for a federal arson conviction related to their setting ‘backfires’ to protect their property from brushfires.
Federal land ended up getting burned so they already went to jail, now they are being forced back, talk of them being judicially labeled as terrorists causing their return to jail for lighting the fires to protect their property from brushfires.
The Hammonds are willing to go to jail, there was a peaceful rally Saturday in support of them with hundreds on the scene.
But now some 100 folks with members of the Bundy family involved have taken action to occupy the building at the wildlife preserve (federal land) in a protest action-’civil disobedience’.
They say they don’t want violence, but will defend from attack.
If there isn't any violence then how will they get their headlines?