via Fox News.
Clark County sheriff's officials say they've been interviewed by the FBI as part of an investigation into armed supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.Rumors are swirling all over this thing and now the FBI is involved.
Assistant Sheriff Joe Lombardo told KLAS-TV that federal agents have opened an investigation into the conduct of supporters of Bundy who reportedly pointed guns at officers during a standoff at his ranch April 12.
Bundy, a states' rights advocate who refuses to acknowledge the authority of the federal government, owes more than $1 million in fees and penalties for letting his cattle use government land over the past 20 years.
Last month, the Bureau of Land Management stopped trying to round up his cattle after a showdown with hundreds of Bundy supporters, some of them armed.
Since the standoff, Bundy went from being proclaimed a patriot by some for his resistance to a racist for comments he made about blacks being better off under slavery.
Bundy supporters have denied pointing weapons at authorities and say that BLM rangers were the ones pointing guns. Lombardo said it's expected the alleged behavior would be the subject of a criminal investigation.
"The federal authorities are conducting an investigation and I am pretty confident it is going to go into the future," Lombardo told KLAS-TV.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie confirmed the investigation in an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He said agents will interview every law enforcement officer who was present during the showdown.
"Everyone anticipated that this would occur," said Gillespie, who told the newspaper that he was interviewed by FBI agents on April 28. "I’ve said all along there has to be accountability for what took place on April 12."
Lombardo told the Review-Journal that FBI agents are primarily interested in who allegedly pointed weapons at federal agents. He said he believed agents would be poring over video and photos to identify people making threats.
“They have a certain standard of what they believe is a violation of the law,” he said. “You can’t expect the federal government to walk away.”
A spokeswoman for the FBI in Las Vegas did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
I can guarantee that every photo from every news source will be looked at. Additionally you can bet that the no fly zone over the Ranch was so that UAVs could provide surveillance of the situation recording license plates and taking additional photos.
These guys are going to face some serious charges and they'll probably be made an example of. I wonder what will happen to some of the more outspoken participants. James Yeager, a well known gun rights/weapons instructor, showed up and I wonder if they'll charge him.
Regardless this will be interesting to watch.
That's the problem!! Too dam many are wanting to "WATCH" and see what happens.
ReplyDeletewhat do you recommend we do?
Deletedo you think the Bundy Ranch is the flashpoint for a new revolution? i don't. do i think its smart to be photographed pointing weapons at federal LEOs? no. is it apparent that the various groups can't get along with each other and that during a real life SHTF, social or financial breakdown, that it'll actually be up to YOU and not your group (well maybe your neighbors) to make your community safe? yes.
so exactly what do you want us to do? i'm usually a smart ass and i'm pretty fiery but i really would love an answer.
What to do?
DeleteYou haven't punched walls in a long time. :-)
By the way, I was traveling recently, stopped for a meal, the young waiter had his wrist heavily bandaged.
What happened, I asked?
Punched a wall, he said, "but I'm controlling my anger now."
True story. Must be an ex-acolyte of yours.
I can't find Nevada, but here is New Jersey law which serves the purpose:
ReplyDeleteThe applicable statute provides, in pertinent part, that:
(a) person is guilty of aggravated assault if he . . . (k)nowingly, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, points or displays a firearm . . . at or in the direction of a law enforcement officer.
In order for you to find the defendant guilty, the State must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. that the defendant knowingly pointed or displayed a firearm at or in the direction of a law enforcement officer;
2. that the defendant knew that the person was a law enforcement officer; and
3. that the defendant acted under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
https://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/criminal/charges/assault10.pdf
Not for nothing do those Little Green Men in the east of Ukraine wear balaclavas.
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting watching the more moderate (sensible?) Constitutional / 2A supporters trying to reconcile the right to bear arms and adhering to the law.
The thing I do wonder about is what sort of event would tip the US into civil unrest / armed revolt? Because the more I think about the more unlikely it seems and the more that (hypothetically) undermines the 2A.
Nevada
ReplyDeleteIf the assault is committed upon an officer... then for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Imagine that....
ReplyDeleteJim Fuller, from Rifle Dynamics, was there too. HossUSMC, as well. Yeager has photos in his Facebook of them three together.
ReplyDelete"Lombardo told the Review-Journal that FBI agents are primarily interested in who allegedly pointed weapons at federal agents."
ReplyDeleteQuite frankly those men were complete idiots and if the FBI grabs them it will be a good thing. We cannot afford to be the ones who fire the first shot like the South in 1861. It must be a Federal agent who does it. The political gain for the federal government will be enormous and will put us at a extreme disadvantage. Futhermore any fool who will point a weapon at an LEO preemptively is dumb. We don't men like that, it will be a boon for the fools to be weeded out. It is the men who did not point weapons at LEOs and didn't show up that are dangerous to the Federal government.
The F-35C costing triple offers no advantage from other aircrafts using the new stand off weapons and malds.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHlW1h_0XQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHlW1h_0XQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0acJ3xyhaJo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haj-dZLTSa4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ReplyDeleteTell something here that few know about Brazil .
ReplyDeleteThe military has several scattered barracks , many stranded .
Well .
In Brazil the military service is mandatory at age 18, there are three basic types and you choose between Navy, Army and Air Force (always the barracks nearest ) :
1 - " Normal " , the guy spends a year ;
2 - Areas of the interior , six months;
3 - If the guy has completed high school ( about to enter the University ) , you can opt for a course official who also lasts a year.
Sure there are other ways and specifics such as a guy who enters the University attached to the armed forces , is legally considered as official .
Here one can only get to serve the motherland with political support , a lot of people and a few barracks to receive the demand .
Who is not accepted, becomes " reservist " automatically until reaching the age of 48 .
Without the document proving that the guy is " reservist " can not even make tender , can not open a bank account , can not vote , becomes an " outcast " in society .
Like most who serve live near the barracks , are all from the same city or region in congregate over the years (myself , serving in 1981 , until today I know where most of the guys who served with me - those kKKKKKK live ) .
There is an exception in compulsory service in Brazil , the guys who are sent to serve in the Federal District ( Brasilia ) , there are over Brazil sent the highest , the most muscular , not necessarily the smartest kkkkkkkkkkkkkk . Met many " moles " sent there kkkkkkkkkk .
Given the above , I do not understand how the Ukrainians civilians are not responding to time the tanks , if it was in Brazil this shit would not happen .
Yes , we were disarmed by a government through plebiscite suspect (I even had the time 2 7.65mm caliber automatic pistols , two revolvers ( 32 and another 38mm ) , a shotgun double barrel 28 gauge ) , sold to friends or donated everything he had .
After the legal disarmament in Brazil , crimes with guns exploded , the bad guys are armed , the unarmed population .
The motherfucker neoliberal Fernando Henrique Cardozo ( former President ) fucked population ( and we reservists who shot with rifles in the barracks and today may not have a weapon to defend the population ) .
Worked between 1985 and 1995 in Environment in São Paulo , always armed with weapons supplied by the State , on Tuesday of Carnival , I tripped , tried to rob my wife , I reacted , I got shot in the belly .
If he was armed, send the robber to hell , I would not regret today.
Today in Brazil bandits are armed , the unarmed population , the poorly armed police .
The reality is that , unfortunately.