As SteynOnline readers well know, in the wake of Seal Team Six, America has also acquired a Bunny Team Six and a Deer Team Six. Now comes news from Nevada of Cattle Team Six. It's a long-running story of rights to graze on "federal land" vs protection of the "desert tortoise", but, like so many disputes with American bureaucrats these days, it ends with paramilitary commandos training their weapons on civilians:
Federal snipers with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) trained guns on members of a family yesterday after they dared to stop and take video footage of cattle...Whoa, hold that thought! "Federal snipers with the Bureau of Land Management".
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It is this fact alone that concerns me. These tyrants cannot arbitrarily declare anything like this. Forget the rest of the issues. They can be fought out in court. This (1st amendment free zone) thing, is a different animal. An act that may result in the Feds taking huge & fatal casualties.
ReplyDeleteGood points.
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