Motley:  basically, you're probably right.  Try this possible scenario: The renter didn't pay his rent....Hammer demanded it....the renter, for whatever reason, didn't pay......Hammer because angry and, in his mind, said "OK, you SOB, I'll hold your rifles until you pay the rent".....he broke into the property and took the guns, planning to hold them until the rent was paid.    Only problem,...That's not quite how the system works...not even close.  If Mr Hammer, indeed, acted as the article suggests, he committed felonies.  I've found anger very seldom enhances judgment.. I think Mr. Hammer has, by now, likely discovered the same thing.

It will be very interesting to see how this "plays out."  It's likely there will be a "civil compromise" (the victim is paid to not pursue the charges), reduction to misdemeanors, or some "gentle wrist-slap plea bargain."  As some have suggested, the wealthy are seldom treated as harshly as the rest of us.