Who’re (sic) the armed men who invaded Nevada? …I believe they are called the Bureau of Land Management.
There’s an assault rifle propped between Rapolla’s knees. A .338 Magnum rifle, designed to take down big game at a distance the length of three football fields or more”.
Every rifle is an assault rifle to an uninformed journalist.
Maybe a scary-looking semi-auto, tops.
"famed luxury camps" ???
What kind of dope is this idiot using ???
Holy carp! Three hundred yards? Hard to imagine anyone shooting that distance unless it's with a deadly assault sniper rifle with high-capacity ammo clip magazines. 300 yards. Wow. Nobody should be allowed to shoot a rifle that far.
The usual reportorial drivel from the proudly ignorant. I see Harry Reid's got his perch of media parrots squawking the same message over the weekend, and that everyone with questions about the outrageous abuse of state violence by the federal government is now a knuckle-dragging, mouth-foaming redneck extremist. It's so predictable it's funny.
Is it me, or does the reporter sound like he’s peeing his pants because he saw guns?
The flood of lies. It’s biblical.
From the article comments:
clumzer 17 minutes ago
Anyone confused about the reason the Bundy family and friends are taking the stand they are, below is a letter from Bundy’s neighbor. This should shed light on the CRAP the liberal marxist media is spewing out.
“There have been a lot of people criticizing Clive Bundy because he did not pay his grazing fees for 20 years. The public is also probably wondering why so many other cowboys are supporting Mr. Bundy even though they paid their fees and Clive did not. What you people probably do not realize is that on every rancher’s grazing permit it says the following: “You are authorized to make grazing use of the lands, under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and covered by this grazing permit, upon your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this grazing permit and payment of grazing fees when due.” The “mandatory” terms and conditions go on to list the allotment, the number and kind of livestock to be grazed, when the permit begins and ends, the number of active or suspended AUMs (animal units per month), etc.
The terms and conditions also list specific requirements such as where salt or mineral supplements can be located, maximum allowable use of forage levels (40% of annual growth), etc., and include a lot more stringent policies that must be adhered to. Every rancher must sign this “contract” agreeing to abide by the TERMS AND CONDITIONS before he or she can make payment. In the early 90s, the BLM went on a frenzy and drastically cut almost every rancher’s permit because of this desert tortoise issue, even though all of us ranchers knew that cow and desert tortoise had co-existed for a hundred+ years. As an example, a family friend had his permit cut by 90%. For those of you who are non-ranchers, that would be equated to getting your paycheck cut 90%. In 1976 there were approximately 52 ranching permittees in this area of Nevada. Presently, there are 3.
Most of these people lost their livelihoods because of the actions of the BLM. Clive Bundy was one of these people who received extremely unfair and unreasonable TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Keep in mind that Mr. Bundy was required to sign this contract before he was allowed to pay. Had Clive signed on the dotted line, he would have, in essence, signed his very livelihood away. And so Mr. Bundy took a stand, not only for himself, but for all of us. He refused to be destroyed by a tyrannical federal entity and to have his American liberties and freedoms taken away.
Also keep in mind that all ranchers financially paid dearly for the forage rights those permits allow – – not rights to the land, but rights to use the forage that grows on that land. Many of these AUMS are water based, meaning that the rancher also has a vested right (state owned, not federal) to the waters that adjoin the lands and allow the livestock to drink. These water rights were also purchased at a great price. If a rancher cannot show beneficial use of the water (he must have the appropriate number of livestock that drinks and uses that water), then he loses that water right. Usually water rights and forage rights go hand in hand.
Contrary to what the BLM is telling you, they NEVER compensate a rancher for the AUMs they take away. Most times, they tell ranchers that their AUMS are “suspended,” but not removed. Unfortunately, my family has thousands of “suspended” AUMs that will probably never be returned. And so, even though these ranchers throughout the course of a hundred years invested thousands(and perhaps millions) of dollars and sacrificed along the way to obtain these rights through purchase from others, at a whim the government can take everything away with the stroke of a pen. This is the very thing that Clive Bundy single handedly took a stand against. Thank you, Clive, from a rancher who considers you a hero”.
The Democrats have cranked up their propaganda teams to spin their lost battle for the Bundys’ ranch:
“Comrades! Attention comrades, we have glorious news for you: subhuman Eurasian cowboys are surrendering in droves!”
Several questions and/or points.
Why is an Arizona Sheriff there? Reid “hinted” that he’d “heard” that a sheriff said they’d put women and children in front to keep the agents from shooting. First of all, federal agents seem to get off on killing women and children so that wouldn’t help the cowboys. Second, if this is true, there’s an AZ Sheriff outside his jurisdiction.
Bundy is a Mormon. Reid is a Mormon. What does the “prophet” have to say about this? Does he side with the political power and those with money?
Finally, the t-shirt would be cooler if it said “The Battle of Bunker-VILLE”. A play on Bunker Hill.
The Las Vegas Sun is like most papers in large cities, they are better fitted to line canary cages and to soak up the mess you make when changing out the wax seal on a toilet.
The .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6×70mm or 8.58×70mm) is a rimless, bottlenecked, centerfire cartridge developed for military long-range sniper rifles. Is not an assault weapon.
Follow the money and land deeds between the Reid mob and BLM and the true story will be revealed.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/staff/ed-komenda/contact/
Democratically elected government? Who the hell ever voted for the BLM? Evil and moronic lamestream media strikes again.
invaders are the ones seeking to do damage to life or property
defenders are those seeking to protect life and property
by this definition, the defenders were the militia and the invaders... the BLM
I suppose the writer meant "wary" as opposed to "weary"?
Or maybe he means they are tired after carrying around all those "WWII airplane bullets."
“Our pistols are shooting through my f****** window if there’s a roadblock, then we’re f****** getting out,” he said. “We’re gonna go to wherever the guns are blazing. We’re not gonna walk to a f****** bloody (battlefield).”
In a brief rant from his truck bed, Rapolla used the F-bomb seven times to describe his anxiety and adrenaline he felt driving into Bunkerville.