Report: FBI Questioning Local Law Enforcement About Bundy Militia

File-This April 12, 2014 file photo shows Rancher Cliven Bundy, center, addresses his supporters along side Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, right, while being guarded by self-described militia members in the for... File-This April 12, 2014 file photo shows Rancher Cliven Bundy, center, addresses his supporters along side Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, right, while being guarded by self-described militia members in the foreground. Armed backers of the embattled rancher, Bundy are still living along a state highway in southern Nevada, almost three weeks after an armed standoff halted U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to round up cattle he grazes on public land. The BLM says Bundy owes $1.1 million in grazing fees and penalties. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean,File) MORE LESS
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Those supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy who may have pointed weapons at law enforcement during a showdown at Bundy’s ranch last month could soon face consequences.

Las Vegas TV station KLAS reported Thursday that the FBI has begun interviewing Clark County sheriff’s officials in what the news station describes as a “formal investigation into alleged death threats, intimidation and possible weapons violations” on the part of the Bundy militia.

Sheriff Doug Gillespie confirmed to KLAS that FBI agents asked him whether he saw Bundy supporters point guns at metro police officers during last month’s showdown, but declined to share what he told the agents.

Federal authorities with the Bureau of Land Management ended their round-up of Bundy’s cattle on April 12 over safety concerns. Hundreds of protesters, some armed, had gathered at the site to support the rancher. Those militias continued to maintain an armed presence on roads around Bundy’s ranch well after the federal authorities withdrew.

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  1. This militia…Would it be a “well-regulated” militia?

  2. “…death threats…”

    Making them terrorists.

    A militia is an organized, controlled, citizen army. Not a bunch of little boys dying to shoot someone.

  3. Finally a rational response to these gangs. The FBI is the entity to do it.

  4. Well, yes, a few indictments, trials and imprisonments would probably be more effective than sending in Apache gunships and Bradleys to show them the downside of pointing guns at federal officials. The less satisfying thing is usually the right one in any situation involving loudmouthed assholes with guns.

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