Entangled in a spat with the government over the practice of prescribed burning on their family ranch, the Hammond family has evidentially been labeled terrorists, and sentenced to five years in federal prison.
Prescribed burning is a preemptive move made to curtail the threat of forest fires. By thinning out the amount of vegetation on land in a controlled way, ranchers have been able to reduce the risk of serious, uncontrollable fires on their land.
While the Hammond Family has admitted to certain fires initially becoming larger than intended, all fires were privately put out, and no federal money was spent on the endeavors.
Regardless, they were still arrested.
The government’s actions here are not without precedent. Truth and Action has previously reported that the Bundy family, who own land adjacent to none other than Harry Reid, have been the subject to severe federal harassment. Other ranches have similarly complained of constant, federal oversight and harassment as well.
The Bundy family have had enough, and penned an open letter detailing the injustice of the Hammond family that you can read on the next page:
SAD
Don’t know enough to comment on this but Mr Bundy grazing his cattle on figuratively my and your land for free. Why should he be allowed to get away with that. What do you suppose would happen if I put several thousand head on the same land? He blames the gov for playing by the rules. Just because YOU hate the gov doesn’t mean he should be allowed to do this.!!!
Because …
Bundy’s ancestors (and his wife’s) bought the forage and grazing rights to that land long before there was a Bureau of Land Management in the 1800s. The family has continually made improvements to the property including roads, fences, wells, etc. The federal government is constrained in what land it can own according to the Constitution. All lands above the 10 acres for Washington DC and what they need for forts and other defense needs was supposed to be returned to the States. While this happened East of the Mississippi, it has not happened in western states where the feds claim ownership to 80% of some states’ lands. Bundy has always been willing to pay his state and county any fees he might owe, he should not have to pay the feds to use land his family paid for the rights to, and which the feds have no constitutional claim to.
See how they’re labeling the average people as Terrorists or Extremists .
Maybe the whole story should be told before passing judgement. Bundy, wasn’t he the the guy that was a parasite on government land, actually our land, and got caught then whined like a little spoiled kid?
Sounds,like a tea party is coming!!!
Insane. Liberty at risk. Jc
There’s burn bans for a reason. Come on, people.. Break the law and pay the price. Sure they are good people but they didn’t follow the rules like everyone else.. There comes a time in life when we must take personal responsibility for our actions..
Well its ok then. Obama well release him anytime now .
What a shame our government has got to this point.
..and we all do nothing. Where are you Tim Davis
So an American family is considered a terrorist Islam make bomb making group is considered what a peaceful new addition to America. We need to get this enemy out of our White House.