Nevada ranching family claims victory as government releases cattle

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92. because the locals let him

For 20 years. They should have called in the Feds for help THEN. Instead they've let him get away with this for so long he has no reason to believe anymore that he won't continue to get away with it. And by deciding to do this cattle round up thinking he'd let them when all they've done for the past 20 years is allow him to get away with his crimes they were imbeciles to believe they could confiscate his cattle without him doing something to keep that from happening. Instead of pushing the problem up the chain to get it properly dealt with for 20 years they did nothing but let this ass have his way and embolden him. There never would have BEEN this gun waving stand off if they'd properly dealt with this guy decades ago instead of continually allowing him to get away with it which further emboldened him to this point. And instead of FINALLY calling in the Feds they backed down yet again giving him everything he wanted including the cattle they had rounded up which he promptly put right back on the Federal government land.

This should never ever ever risen to this point and for all these years with the locals continually backing down, continually emboldening him and not being prepared for what he'd do when they came in to round up his cattle. Shamefully, after all this instead of bringing in the Feds for help as they should have done years and years ago they once again backed down and gave him everything he wanted which not only emboldened him but every nutty crackpot criminal with a gun everywhere in the US given the nationwide exposure.