“Bundy does not recognize federal ownership of land. Bundy believes that all federal land in Clark County, Nevada belongs to the people of Clark County, Nevada, and not the federal government.” -sounds about right to me. But the federal government currently lays claim to over 80% of the land in Nevada. That doesn't leave much arable land left to the "people". By the way, when do we "the people" get to use the 5 million dollar helicopters? Would be nice to take a scenic flight sometime over the area. Heck, I'd settle for a drive in a $50,000 "the people owned" SUV.
But the federal government currently lays claim to over 80% of the land in Nevada. That doesn't leave much arable land left to the "people".All of that land was available to homestead for over a hundred years. There's a reason no one ever claimed it. The "arable" land--by definition what's farmable--is what they did take, leaving the scrub and desert and marginal grazing lands to the feds, who acquired it all from Mexico via war.