A group of protesters and purported militiamen occupied a federal building at an Oregon wildlife refuge late Saturday and vowed to stay there indefinitely to highlight rancher rights.
The standoff came after so-called "militia members" converged on the small town of Burns to show support for a pair of ranchers jailed on an arson conviction, according to NBC affiliate KTVZ.
After a march and rally there, a small group then took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters about 60 miles away.
Ammon Bundy — son of Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher known for his armed 2014 standoff with the federal government — was among them.
Bundy first issued a Dec. 31 video urging "patriots" to "stand up" and report to Burns by Jan. 2.
The pair got arrested and jailed for 5 years for burning empty rangeland. I think that's pretty unfair and probably highlights the lack of understanding our government has for ranchers/farmers rights.
They should have been punished because the fire could have been spread to other places, but at the same time it's pretty excessive punishment. The people protesting for this cause has validity but those who want to use firearms to scare people or "overthrow" the government which if you were to do that then you would go protest at a more significant place, are wrong in their approach.
I'll keep it cute though. 
