Senator speaks out in favor of Nevada rancher as militias join battle with federal agents accused of acting like they're in 'Tienanmen Square' in fight over disputed ranch land | Mail Online:
Militia members brandish AK-47s and pistols as they gather in stand-off with federal agents over last Nevada rancher's right to graze his cattle
- Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) has said the feds are 'overreaching'
- Politicians have compared the standoff to Tiananmen Square
- The Bundy family says they've owned the 600,000 acres since 1870 but the Bureau of Land Management says they are illegally grazing
- The dispute began in 1993 when land was reclassified as to federal property to protect a rare desert tortoise, the government claimed
- Federal officers stormed the property this week with helicopters and snipers to back up about 200 armed agents
- They have reportedly seized around 350 of Cliven Bundy's 900 cattle
- Tensions escalated after private militias poured in to support the family
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