It all started with the government deciding to tax Nevada ranchers for grazing cattle on what is callked BLM kand. Clivrn Bundy Claimed that the government did not own the land so he sent a check to the state of Nevada. The state returbed the check bacause they didn’t have any grazing tax.

Cliven cpntonued torecfuse to pay the tax so the government sent various ageencues including paaid mewrcenarins to arrest and take or kill his cattle.