to me he is challenging some federal BS. if all the ranchers did that then what?Fair enough. But is this really the thing to take a stand on? It's not his land, he has refused to pay the same grazing fees that so many other ranchers pay to use federal land, government has let this case work through the courts for 20 years (while Bundy illegally grazed his cattle the entire time) and now it's time to go. Him and his family have had 20 years to find a solution and, the best I can tell, his only attempt is to deny the authority of the fed even though it has been clear from the start that the fed had every legal authority and own the land.
Things change, he's had 20 years, adapt or die. That's just the way things are and have been since forever.
kinda like this obamacare thing. even if it went into law if enough people resisted and flat out refused to comply it would fizzle out. but they add on penalties in addition to trying to "sell it" and folks cave and will just go with the flow
i gotta wonder why is it illegal to allow his cattle to graze on federal land if it isnt being used for anything else. whats more troubling is the overzealous rambo approach taken by a department of the government that simply manages land. if it comes down to money being owed they want to intimidate, otherwise other people may not want to pay excessive fines/taxes either