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Originally Posted by Silver_Man2
And it is not the feds place to come in an do what they are doing
It is precisely their place to come and do what they're doing. And their action was dictated by proper legal proceedings. If you are aware of some mistake in the legal actions that led to this by all means show us the court rulings and where the mistake is. But no one is going to hold their breath since its well documented that you don't what you're talking about, you make up stuff, you can't read and you're very stupid.
Nothing in that article proves your point except that two politicians, people you have made very clear don't care about the people and are corrupt, are siding with the rancher. They don't deny that the rancher has violated any laws, they merely think its being handled poorly.
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The trouble started when Bundy stopped paying grazing fees in 1993. He said he didn't have to because his Mormon ancestors worked the land since the 1880s, giving him rights to the land.
“We own this land,” he said, not the feds. He said he is willing to pay grazing fees but only to Clark County, not BLM.
If he has a legal claim to the land then he would settle it in court. While you take his word for it, the fact that he thinks he owns the land because his ancestors had their cattle graze I think shows a profound misunderstanding of law. Under his logic, you would probably have to agree that the Indians own all land now.
More interesting, he admits that he is willing to pay grazing fees to Clark County. If he truly thought the land was his why would he pay grazing fees to anyone? Make up something stupid here so we can all chuckle.
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“Years ago, I used to have 52 neighboring ranchers,” he said. “I’m the last man standing. How come? Because BLM regulated these people off the land and out of business.”
I'm sure this is an accurate summation of what happened to all the other businesses. Furthermore, it wouldn't matter at all in justifying the legality of him using Federal lands for his private business without paying the necessary fees.