Men With Guns Are Also Active Elsewhere.

[mongers]

Just to take the focus away from the Ukraine, I found this news report interesting:

Nevada ranching family claims victory as U.S. government releases cattle

By Jennifer Dobner

BUNKERVILLE, Nevada Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:16pm EDT

(Reuters) - U.S. officials ended a stand-off with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert on Saturday, calling off the government's roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 animals back to the rancher who owned them.

The dispute less than 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas between rancher Cliven Bundy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had simmered for days. Bundy had stopped paying fees for grazing his cattle on the government land and officials said he had ignored court orders.

Anti-government groups, right-wing politicians and gun-rights activists camped around Bundy's ranch to support him, in a standoff that tapped into long-simmering anger in Nevada and other Western states, where vast tracts of land are owned and governed by federal agencies.

The bureau had called in a team of armed rangers to Nevada to seize the 1,000 head of cattle on Saturday but backed down in the interests of safety.

"Based on information about conditions on the ground and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public," the bureau's director, Neil Kornze, said in a statement.

The protesters, who at the height of the standoff numbered about 1,000, met the news with applause. Then they quickly advanced on the metal pens where the cattle confiscated earlier in the week were being held.

After consultations with the rancher's family, the bureau decided to release the cattle it had rounded up, and the crowd began to disperse.

"This is what I prayed for," said Margaret Houston, one of Bundy's sisters. "We are so proud of the American people for being here with us and standing with us."

A number of Bundy's supporters, who included militia members from California, Idaho and other states, dressed in camouflage and carried rifles and sidearms. During the stand-off, some chanted "open that gate" and "free the people."

A man who identified himself as Scott, 43, said he had traveled from Idaho along with two fellow militia members to support Bundy.

"If we don't show up everywhere, there is no reason to show up anywhere," said the man, dressed in camouflage pants and a black flak jacket crouched behind a concrete highway barrier, holding an AR-15 rifle. "I'm ready to pull the trigger if fired upon," Scott said.
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Full item here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/13/us-usa-ranchers-nevada-idUSBREA3B03Q20140413?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637

[11B4V]

USA! USA!

[katmai]

Damn Free Grazers.

[DGuller]

Obama is no George Washington. 

[Ed Anger]

Janet Reno is twitching somewhere.

[Capetan Mihali]

USA! USA!

That picture just screams:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw&feature=kp

[Valmy]

What the value these right wingers are protecting here?  The right to take shit that is not yours for free?

[mongers]

What the value these right wingers are protecting here?  The right to take shit that is not yours for free?

Maybe they're Putin's deep cover agents ?   

[Jacob]

What the value these right wingers are protecting here?  The right to take shit that is not yours for free?

Looks like it.

[alfred russel]

The anti enclosure movement fights on!

[Grinning_Colossus]

  I'm sure that Cliven Bundy lets other people farm and raise livestock on his land, so he should be able to graze his herd on the people's.

[Syt]

So what's their train of thought? It's federal land, so it belongs to the public for free use?

[The Brain]

Thinking is for city folks with their fancy ways.

[CountDeMoney]

What the value these right wingers are protecting here?  The right to take shit that is not yours for free?

Asshole cattle rancher doesn't recognize Federal property, just state of Nevada property. 

[CountDeMoney]

USA! USA!

The guy owes you as an American taxpayer over $1 million dollars in unpaid grazing fees on Federal property. 
I hope you see your portion deducted in the form of a highway pothole that rips your tire off, asshole.