Cliven Bundy – the “last rancher in Clark County, Nevada” – has since the right to raise cattle on land his family has ranched since the 1870s, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
After years of legal wrangling, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) attained a federal court order to have Bundy’s nearly 1,000 head of cattle removed, according to the family.
Bundy says the government is taking the task seriously, arming the agents with military-style weaponry.
“They’re carrying the same things a soldier would,” he told the Free Beacon. “Automatic weapons, sniper rifles, top communication, top surveillance equipment, lots of vehicles. It’s heavy soldier type equipment.