Militias head to Nevada rancher’s standoff with feds: We’re not ‘afraid to shoot’
Militias head to Nevada rancher’s standoff with feds: We’re not ‘afraid to shoot’
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s decades-long battle against the federal government over grazing rights has heated to the point where militia groups have joined in and taken up spots against the feds who’ve circled his land — and talk is, they’re not afraid to open fire. A spokesman for the one of the militia groups said as much to local 8 News Now: I’m not “afraid to shoot,” he said.
Many have predicted a catalyst event that sparks civil war… Even if this is not it, it is likely this will be used as yet another excuse to take away our right to bear arms…
Sheriff: Feds strategize for ‘raid’ on ranch
…sources inside the federal government warn that Washington’s weekend retreat in a dispute over grazing land in Nevada was only a move to distract attention and diffuse tensions, because a raid on the family’s ranch still is planned. …Reid on Monday…“It’s not over. We can’t have an American people that violate the law and then just walk away from it. So it’s not over.”
Sheriff: Feds strategize for ‘raid’ on ranch
The executive director of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association says his sources inside the federal government warn that Washington’s weekend retreat in a dispute over grazing land in Nevada was only a move to distract attention and diffuse tensions, because a raid on the family’s ranch still is planned.
Dick Morris: Bill Clinton ‘Hated’ Janet Reno, and Waco Made It Worse
Dick Morris says one of the main reasons the Bureau of Land Management released the livestock was to avoid a repeat of armed confrontations that ended in civilian fatalities such as those in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992 and in Waco, Texas, in 1993. “You simply cannot have any reason for the federal government to start firing on its people, and you add 200 armed people, including snipers, surrounding that property to round up 2,000 head of cattle,”
Reports: Company Tied to Reid’s Son Wants Land in Bundy Standoff
The Nevada rancher who forced the federal Bureau of Land Management to back down last week may have been targeted because a Chinese solar company with ties to Sen. Harry Reid’s son wants the land for an energy plant, several websites report.