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Braxton McCoy

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

But we already have a process in place for land that's near cities or needs to be developed.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So I don't... I would like to see the map.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

You know, one person could speculate.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

There's this whole corner crossing fight happening in the West right now.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And are you familiar with the concept of corner crossing?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

No.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

As we were developing the West, one of the ways we paid for the railroads was to give them land.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

What that ended up with is land that looks like an actual checkerboard.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So there'll be a chunk of land here that is privately owned and then a chunk of public and so on and so forth.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And it builds this checkerboard looking pattern.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Some states were trying to block sportsmen and others from crossing over the corner between those two chunks of land.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And the landowner was saying, essentially, you're violating my airspace by doing that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

In some states, I think you own about 200 feet of the air above your house, which is probably a good thing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

It should be illegal to fly a drone over my house, right?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

But that's not really what you're doing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

You're crossing, I guess half of your body or something is crossing it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So that fight is going on and it looks like sportsmen are gonna have a big win on this thing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And I imagine that the landowners who own those sections that have been trying to keep people out are not very happy about this potential win for the common man.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So that's one person who, or one group

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

type of people that I would say stands to benefit from this a lot, then they can just swoop up those sections that are locked in between their land.