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I listened to the man himself on the radio yesterday. And Mr. Bundy said he had 500 cattle. Not 1,000 and not "thousands"
He also said that the govt. had taken approximately 300 of his cattle as of yesterday, which left him with 200 or so cows.
I don't know where all these sites are getting info from. But I'm taking it straight from the source.
He also said that his family had used those lands for open range grazing since the 1880's. As have several other ranchers. That is the way it was done historically.
And he also pointed out that the land does NOT belong to the Federal Govt.
He also said that he has paid "grazing fees" to Clark County, NV
The land is Clark County property is what he stated on the radio and that he pays them every year.
He also pointed out the absurdity of the BLM's claim that cows are harming the tortoises!!!
Cows don't hurt turtles.
And Mr. Bundy pointed that out. His family and other ranchers have been here from the beginning of Nevada. I think that anybody with common sense would realize a cow doesn't hurt a turtle.
What's next? Is the BLM going to start hunting down every animal that lives on those lands EXCEPT the turtle...so the turtle can be "safe"???
The first thing the BLM should do is remove itself. They themselves KILLED 1,000 of these "endangered" tortoises because the population of them is out of control.
I'm reading through these posts, and the one thing I don't understand is:
How does the govt. come in on lands it does not own with all of it's resources and power...then bully a hard working ranching family: Then somehow this becomes an argument about "right wingers" and "conspiracy nuts"???
It's happening right in front of our faces.
The govt. is overreaching.
It doesn't matter if you are a "Democrat" or a "Republican" or if you own a gun or not.
This is the kind of thing that our country was founded to NOT have happen to our citizens.
And the BLM creating an imaginary "First Amendment Zone"? What the fuck is that?
And then a "No fly zone" over the property so the news helicopters couldn't film them?
What was the guy supposed to do?
I'm GLAD that some people are not going to let the govt. push them around like that.
And in my humble opinion it shows why gun ownership IS still an important thing in this country.
It's just my opinion. I've seen in the last few decades a steady erosion of freedom in this country. It's all been "baby steps" so you don't notice the little incremental moves.
But when you step back and look at it as a whole...especially since 9-11, the govt. is way out of control.
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