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In reply to the discussion: Concerns growing about militia members at Bundy ranch [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(56,897 posts)111. Sheriff urged to clamp down on armed militiamen around Bundy ranch
Hat tip, Gawker: Nevada Militia Sets Up Armed Checkpoints, Demands to See Drivers' I.D.
Sheriff urged to clamp down on armed militiamen around Bundy ranch
By Kyle Roerink
Monday, April 28, 2014 | 4:16 p.m.
A growing number of Bunkerville residents want to see the armed militiamen guarding rancher Cliven Bundy leave Nevada, according to a letter from Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., to Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie.
Horsford, whose congressional district includes Bunkerville, wrote that his constituents are concerned about Bundy supporters carrying weapons near local churches, schools and elsewhere.
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The letter also says militiamen have a presence on state and local roads as well as federal highways. In some areas, according to the letter, militiamen have set up checkpoints where drivers are stopped and asked to provide a proof of residency.
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Bundy owes the BLM $1 million in grazing fees. Earlier this month, the agency called off a roundup of Bundys cattle after escalating tensions between federal agents and militia members.
STEVE MARCUS
Reid Hendricks of Camden, Tenn., and Jim (no last name provided) of Las Vegas take up a position on a hill by Cliven Bundys ranch near Bunkerville on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Hendricks is a former Marine (honorably discharged) and has worked as a police officer and a high school history teacher, he said.
Hat tip to commenter "RedWhiteBlue" for this: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, Article 1, Section 2
Sec:?2.??Purpose of government; paramount allegiance to United States.??All political power is inherent in the people[.] Government is instituted for the protection, security and benefit of the people; and they have the right to alter or reform the same whenever the public good may require it. But the Paramount Allegiance of every citizen is due to the Federal Government in the exercise of all its Constitutional powers as the same have been or may be defined by the Supreme Court of the United States; and no power exists in the people of this or any other State of the Federal Union to dissolve their connection therewith or perform any act tending to impair[,] subvert, or resist the Supreme Authority of the government of the United States. The Constitution of the United States confers full power on the Federal Government to maintain and Perpetuate its existance [existence], and whensoever any portion of the States, or people thereof attempt to secede from the Federal Union, or forcibly resist the Execution of its laws, the Federal Government may, by warrant of the Constitution, employ armed force in compelling obedience to its Authority.
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I agree; it's not the ownership of the gun, it's the shoot-out fantasy these guys are having.
Scuba
Apr 2014
#153
I usually don't post links to my own posts but here I think it is appropriate. Let those asses
Maraya1969
Apr 2014
#113
It'll be well over a hundred in a few months, they'll wilt like pansies on a hot griddle.
mikekohr
Apr 2014
#23
If only the world worked like that. You know, fairly. Unfortunately, in real life
Dark n Stormy Knight
Apr 2014
#101
you're not kidding it gets hot out there in Americas remote Nevada desert public lands.
Sunlei
Apr 2014
#98
Why are you "curious" about what are unquestionably crimes and violations of criminal statutes?
The Stranger
Apr 2014
#127
Jail. If they can arrest peaceful protestors they can arrest these people. They are just lazy and
glinda
Apr 2014
#134
Ironically they cannot stand checkpoints of any type even at airports and borders
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#37
Can you link that so I can read the full story on the NHP shutting the highway down? TIA.
freshwest
Apr 2014
#53
What I find astonishing is.....the people who claim govt is too intrusive....
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#39
I agree, too much over reach by the anti-guberment bunch, they are setting up check
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#51
If this was in the day of their beloved Founding Fathers, the govt would send in an army to fix
bloomington-lib
Apr 2014
#7
Armed checkpoints just like the pro-Russian militias in Ukraine. Next is
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2014
#8
The MO is the same. Claim elected authority is illegitimate, intimidate those who don't agree. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2014
#44
Yes, that's it. Itching to start something. Don't they have jobs or are they all on welfare?
mountain grammy
Apr 2014
#41
Yep, pretty much cut from the same cloth IMO. And these are domestic terrorists! And
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#78
I have absolutely no doubt about that, and from what I've read, the local authorities would not
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#148
Those smiling pricks think their dicks are getting longer by strutting around with gunz.
Martin Eden
Apr 2014
#13
Yep, they are just itching to jerk off their guns in a confrontation. What a bunch of losers! n/t
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#80
I hate to do this because it isn't the way I usually feel, but I agree with you.
A Simple Game
Apr 2014
#25
I disagree. Blocking some dirt roads will grow tiresome, and the locals will either kick them out
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
#28
What specifically leads you to believe additional violence is the most effective and efficient means
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#125
An overt, intimidating, and aggressive act of collective violence on their part...
LanternWaste
Apr 2014
#174
Leave them there until it gets over 120 in the shade, until then the locals and the idiots can sort
Fred Sanders
Apr 2014
#18
The longer this shit is allowed to happen...the more emboldened they become.
Earth_First
Apr 2014
#19
I am still trying to get my head around the fact that someone is actually named Cliven.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#20
That's what they want to have happen. Obama won't give them that kind of show. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2014
#47
When jerks like this use the word patriot, I wonder what country they are patriots of, becasue
RKP5637
Apr 2014
#81
As long as the big boom is recorded and put on youtube I had nothing to do with it!
AAO
Apr 2014
#154
Don't stop! Especially if one is female, who might be kidnapped for use as a human xhield! n/t
freshwest
Apr 2014
#52
The problem is you're talking about people who are a few fries short of a happy meal
Major Nikon
Apr 2014
#56
I hear ya, they probably would shoot a "checkpoint" runner, wouldn't they?
GReedDiamond
Apr 2014
#61
Investigate the militia as domestic terrorists, see if they have warrants, see if they are
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#54
This isn't correct for the check points and Rep. Steven Horsford was misinformed
oneofthe99
Apr 2014
#60
At what point does this become an armed insurrection to which the national guard
geek tragedy
Apr 2014
#70
The question the WH should be asking...What is the most effective response...
HooptieWagon
Apr 2014
#84
Imagine if these were Muslims or African Americans setting up check points w/guns?
KittyWampus
Apr 2014
#89
He can let people camp on his 150 acre, hot, remote, desert scrub land forever if he wants.
Sunlei
Apr 2014
#96
Bundy Ranch Supporter Talks About Shooting "Deserters" in the Back, Refers to Ranch as a Battlefield
951-Riverside
Apr 2014
#112
You do peaceful protesting in the U.S. and they hit you with pepper spray, rubber bullets and
tofuandbeer
Apr 2014
#118
Well that sounds highly illegal. Time to send in the cavalry to clean these morons up
penultimate
Apr 2014
#166