Oregon militants should stand down before it's too late

Sometimes there are events in life that are straight out of a television show or a movie.

On Jan. 2 an armed group affiliated with the U.S. militia movement occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. This was following a peaceful march in protest of the jailing of Dwight Hammond and his son, Steven Hammond, who were convicted of arson on federal land and sentenced to five years in prison.

According to the Oregonian article “Oregon militants: Why the Bundys’ Mormonism matters,” Ammon Bundy, leader of the group now calling themselves Citizens for Constit...