I'll weigh in on this. The Branch Davidians were suspected of having illegal arms. There was no due process, no day in court. David Koresh could have been taken peacefully and legally with a warrant a dozen times in the week or two before the ATF raid. Koresh was in stores and restaurants in Waco, Texas several times in the same room with agents who could have exercised a warrant. This is all documented. They chose instead to make an example and raided the compound. Under Texas state law, if someone forcibly tries to enter your home you may shoot them. The ATF, as I understand it did not identify themselves in the initial raid, they just tried to breach the compound in a show of force. No law broken there, except by the federal authorities who didn't identify themselves. There was a fifty or so day siege with negotiations with the Branch Davidians, and after almost two months, it was embarrassing to the administration and Janet Reno greenlighted a breech with armored assault vehicles, which triggered a fire that burned 76 people to death. 76 people died on her order. When the investigations were finished, it was concluded that the Branch Davidians had broken no laws and had no illegal weapons. They were legal gun dealers. It was how they financed their religion. You inferred that David Koresh was a criminal. Cults are not illegal under our constitution. Our first freedom in the Bill of Rights is freedom of religion. Just because a cult is weird or doesn't believe the way you do does not make them illegal. Black lives? Blue lives? Black and Blue lives? How about a government that doesn't turn it's weapons on it's citizens? Four dead in OHIO, Ruby Ridge Idaho, Waco Texas, and on and on and on
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