" the lands should have come under state jurisdiction."
Why?
Your bit about when the feds got the land (originally you said they acquired it in 1993)
and about who got their first - feds or the State of Nevada
Has been shown to be full of shit. Why should I trust your word about what "should" have happened and why does it make any difference at all? I think I've read enough of your falsehoods here without going to the trouble of seeking out more. You are citing yourself as a reference???? Really?
Are you suggesting that Bundy himself has never acknowledged federal ownership of the land?
i think you're mixed up about what i've said...
in 1993 Bundy stopped paying grazing fees because he refused to acknowlege the new agreement about the tortoise that the EPS and the BLM decided to 'save' through micromanagement of the ranchers....although the tortoise and cows co-existed for centuries....(today they are euthanizing tortoises).....
basically they allowed Las Vegas developments to destroy tortoise habitats but the ranchers had to suck it up and limit their grazing to even things out for the tortoise and thus many went out of business...
what gives the Feds the right to pick and choose...?
You keep saying that I'm mixed up about what you said ... and proceed to say a whole lot of new things to "support" that???
You keep veering away from who owns this land that Bundy is grazing his cattle on and when they acquired it.
Now apparently, you want to talk about the Las Vegas Wash????
1) Bundy does not own this land. He has NEVER owned this land.
2) For 20 years he paid the federal grazing fees - this shows that he acknowledged who owned the land and the appropriateness of the fees (which is a lot less than a private land owner would have charged him).
3) The owners of the land - we the people of the United States of America - authorized the Bureau of Land Management to administer the land and determine the best use of the land. (If we don't like the way they are doing that, we can make them change it).
4) Bundy got his panties in a wad and stopped paying his fees 20 years ago. There was an agreement between we the people and Bundy to allow his cattle to graze on our land. He broke the agreement - not us.
5) Bundy has had his day in court FIVE TIMES and lost every one.
6) We the people have every right to toss his cattle off our land.
The issues of the amount of land we the people hold and what is the best way to administer this land are fine discussions to be had. But they mean absolutely
NOTHING in regards to the right of we the people to kick this welfare cowboy's cattle off our land.
There are more than enough cases of governmental overreach and abuse of authority to discuss. This just ain't one of 'em.