Open spaces, fast response, mistrust of government, the Internet, some sympathetic news coverage all combined to save the Bundy family. Unlike Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, where he was hidden from view and the Feds totally restricted access (as with Waco also) the unbound agencies couldn't arrange their dirty work to another murderous outcome.
But watch your back. Bureaucratic Police State Agencies have a long and treacherous memory for getting revenge. m/r
Nevada Cattle Rancher Wins 'Range War' With Federal Government - ABC News
April 12, 2014
A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters.
Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau of Land Management over the removal of hundreds of his cattle from federal land, where the government said they were grazing illegally.
Bundy claims his herd of roughly 900 cattle have grazed on the land along the riverbed near Bunkerville, 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, since 1870 and threatened a "
range war" against the BLM on the Bundy Ranch website after one of his sons was arrested while protesting the removal of the cattle.
"I have no contract with the United States government," Bundy said. "I was paying grazing fees for management and that's what BLM was supposed to be, land managers and they were managing my ranch out of business, so I refused to pay."
The federal government had countered that Bundy "owes the American people in excess of $1 million " in unpaid grazing fees and "refuses to abide by the law of land, despite many opportunities over the last 20 years to do so."
However, today the BLM said it would not enforce a court order to remove the cattle and was pulling out of the area.
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