of course he was illegally grazing his cattle on federal land.
and what does BLM have to do with your lunacy on this subject?
No, the Bundys had grazing rights and had for decades. The BLM (like the mafia) says that their cows are grazing on THEIR land so pay them. If you knew ANYTHING about the Act of 1871, the federally incorporated government could only claim territories and the territory within the District of Columbia.
SCOTUS ruled that USA.INC could lay claim to state land in the name of "preservation" or the protection of "endangered species" which is pretty ******* broad and can be easily abused and it was in the case of the Bundys and all the ranchers that were brow-beaten into selling. The Feds used BLM (another corporation) to strong arm land owners into either selling their land or making it so hard for them to make a living off the land that they had to sell and the BLM was there to buy it up. The Bundys were one of the last hold-outs that wouldn't budge. Harry "****-face" Reid had designs on the property and he had no problem with the Bundys being murdered for not paying "grazing fees" that the Bundys tried to pay to "grazing fees" to Clark County and they refused it. So **** you, Shillian.......the land the cows were grazing on did not belong to you, dumb ass. You don't even have allodial rights to your own property (if you have any).
The Bundys won, justice (for once) prevailed and you are one pissed *****....and that alone gives me a warm feeling. Leftards were crowing and even praising the flat out murder of Lavoy Finicum at the Oregon Standoff where these patriots were taking up the case for the Hammond family that was being unfairly targeted. So eat shit and die, you commie sack of shit.