The importance of the Bundy case to the rest of us

National Review’s David French summarized the Bundy case:

On one side was a collection of dangerous, out-of-control armed men who were deliberately provocative, prone to saying unhinged things in a single-minded quest to destroy their enemies, and who lied time and again to cover their misdeeds.

On the other side was Cliven Bundy.

Mark Steyn writes,

That’s an entirely reasonable characterization given Judge Navarro’s finding that “the universal sense of justice has been violated” and the government is guilty of “a deliberate attempt to mislead” the court. “The government’s conduct in this case was indeed outrageous,” she ruled. “There has been flagrant misconduct, substantial prejudice and no lesser remedy is sufficient” – other than a dismissal “with prejudice” to prevent the Justice Department embarking on new ways to screw the Bundys over for another few years. (They’re already spent most of the last two in jail.)

In 2014 Mark wrote,

As SteynOnline readers well know, in the wake of Seal Team Six, America has also acquired a Bunny Team Six and a Deer Team Six. Now comes news from Nevada of Cattle Team Six. It’s a long-running story of rights to graze on “federal land” vs protection of the “desert tortoise”, but, like so many disputes with American bureaucrats these days, it ends with paramilitary commandos training their weapons on civilians:

‘Federal snipers with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) trained guns on members of a family yesterday after they dared to stop and take video footage of cattle…’

Whoa, hold that thought! “Federal snipers with the Bureau of Land Management”. As I wrote only last week, if someone wants to stroll in to Fort Hood and shoot as many people as he’s minded to, the fellows on the receiving end have to call 911 and wait for the county sheriff to send a couple of deputies – because “the only government department without a military force at its disposal is the military”. But the Bureau of Land Management has snipers.

Go here to read the rest of Mark’s “Bundy Morning Quaterbacking.”