Originally Posted by elchivito

Back in what day? Pre-statehood? In that case you'd have to give it back to the Spanish Vaqueros, who'd have to give it back to the indigenous inhabitants. It's an absurd rationale.

The answer to your question "why is it US owns 78% of Nevada?" is found in the copy paste I showed you from the Nevada constitution. Most western states have a similar passage in their own constitutions. It was part of the price of statehood. My own state is about 10% private property, the rest is federal one way or the other. I'm not saying I like it or it's "right", it just IS. The "sovereign citizen" argument is bullshlt. Your cowboy hero is a welfare scammer. I thought you didn't like moochers; you know, those bums waiting for their "free stuff". Cliven Bundy is a perfect example of them.