Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

[midnight rambler]

Clark County supporters should be making a big noisy show of gathering siggys for a recall election-- kick his arse out in disgrace, the way they did in CO for those 2 gun grabbers.

In the county where Sin City aka Sodomite Central is located? You're such a dreamer.

[Ares]

Bundy Ranch Update1 Militia begin to arrive!!



link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U228JA42_MA

[Ares]

Collins manages to insult, offend Utahns with comments on Bundy roundup

Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins fears the dispute at Cliven Bundy’s ranch that has drawn protesters from across state lines might turn violent.

So when Collins talked this week with a county commissioner in Utah who said others are coming so Southern Nevada to support the Bundys, he did what he usually does: He spoke his opinion without mincing words or worrying if he offended someone.

Those comments are now making the rounds on social media and have attracted criticism from people ranging from Utah ranchers to his colleagues on the County Commission.

It started when Darin Bushman, a Piute County, Utah, commissioner, called Collins about the Bureau of Land Management roundup of Bundy’s cattle in the Gold Butte area, about 80 miles east of Las Vegas. The cattle are being seized after Bundy failed to pay grazing fees over 20 years. When the conversation ended, Bushman posted on Facebook that Collins said Utahns are “inbred bastards” and if they come to Clark County to support Bundy they “better have funeral plans.”

Collins also told Bushman that they should mind their “own (expletive) business.”

“Now that’s some classy leadership for you,” Bushman wrote in his post.

On Tuesday, Clark County commissioners will discuss decorum of commissioners, which was sparked in part by concerns about Collins’ recent statements, said commission Chairman Steve Sisolak. Sisolak said Collins won’t be the sole focus of that discussion, which will examine the broader issue of decorum.

He said he’s uncertain of what the outcome might be or whether it would require anything formal such as a policy change.

Commissioner Mary Beth Scow welcomes the decorum discussion, too.

“I think commissioners can agree to disagree and make better decisions when they get a diversity of thoughts but I don’t believe it can ever be personal,” she said. “I think the phrase ‘agree to disagree’ works very well.”

In an interview, Collins downplayed Bushman’s elected office, noting his county has only about 1,500 people. Census data shows the tiny rural county has just 1,556 people.

“I’m trying to do everything I can to discourage anybody who tells me they’re coming here with loaded guns,” Collins said. “I’m going to tell them not to come.”

The issues at hand are complex and a protester who doesn’t understand rural Nevada fails to grasp the whole picture of the situation, Collins said.

In an email to the Review-Journal, he added: “This isn’t about Cliven’s cows nearly as much as it is about Public Lands access. We don’t need anyone toting guns to fix that.”

Collins said he’s been in touch with BLM officials about the issue and is closely following the situation.

“The Bundys want peace,” Collins said. “They don’t want any violence going on so all these gun-packing folks just need to go home.”

Bushman said he contacted Collins to discuss his views on jurisdictions of lands. He said the conversation for the most part was “civil and professional,” as he shared his understanding of how federal jurisdictions work.

Bushman said he told Collins he was heading to the protest and expected some people from his county to be there, as the issue has attracted the concerns of Utah ranchers.

“This guy was just off-the-hook weird,” Bushman said. “I’ve never ran into a fellow commissioner who treated me like that.”

At the Bundy ranch with protesters Monday, Bushman mentioned the exchange with someone who called Collins on a speakerphone and inquired about the conversation.

Again, Collins insulted Utahns, Bushman said, angering the Beehive State residents who were supporting the Bundys.

When asked if he had any regrets about what he told the county commissioner from Utah, Collins said: “I’ve got no regrets about what I said to that son of a bitch.”

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/w...-bundy-roundup

[Ares]

Armed militia groups defend rancher in Nevada.



link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZj6...ature=youtu.be

[mick silver]

One has to wonder how many of theys Armed militia that are showing up are EX Military . The goverment knows that they MEN know how to fight and i would hope they may fear them

[Cebu_4_2]

Just in time for the weekend. This is a non event.

[Libertytree]

Just in time for the weekend. This is a non event.

That's real easy to say, sitting on the sidelines far, far away.

[Cebu_4_2]

That's real easy to say, sitting on the sidelines far, far away.

BLM works weekends with a bunch of armed people waiting? I think BLM will return next week.

[Tumbleweed]

I think I read at the Oath Keepers site that Sheriff Richard Mack and others with him will be showing up monday.

[midnight rambler]

The District of Criminals gang has ALL the time and resources in the world (thanks to all those enablers out there who dutifully enable them), no need for them to get in any hurry. They'll just wait out those who lack time and resources - that's my take on it.