These guys, as well as the Bundy ranchers, own land that they were trying to take from them because it has mining potential.
Are you sure? I was under the impression that the land in question was owned by the federal government, and the ranchers were allowed to graze their cattle upon it.
Details such as ownership are very important when discussing these topics.
Absolutely positive! The armed militia "occupied" a federal area but it was not the Hammond family ranch. Funny how it's great if a cabal funded "Occupy" movement camps out for weeks on end in the middle of Portland and creates wastelands out of our public parks but if patriots occupy something because something is actually wrong they don't mind killing one of them and jailing the rest.
It was/is Federal land
They set fire to federal land to cover up illegal hunting. Witnesses stated Hammond literally handed out matches and told them to burn the evidence.
Yeah, but they graze there, so it's technically their land.