“ON AUGUST 22, 1992, COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND, AN FBI SNIPER SHOT AND KILLED MY WIFE, VICKI. HE WAS USING A .308 CALIBER SNIPER RIFLE WITH A SPECIALLY WEIGHTED BARREL AND A 10-POWER SCOPE. HE WAS USING MATCH GRADE AMMUNITION. HE HAD YEARS OF TRAINING TO KILL. I HEARD HIM TESTIFY AT THE TRIAL THAT HE WANTED TO KILL. HE SHOT MY WIFE IN THE HEAD AND KILLED HER. SHE WAS NOT WANTED FOR ANY CRIME. THERE WERE NO WARRANTS FOR HER ARREST. AT THE TIME SHE WAS GUNNED DOWN, SHE WAS HELPLESS. SHE WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY OF HER HOME. SHE WAS HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN FOR ME AND SARA AND FOR KEVIN HARRIS. SHE WAS HOLDING ELISHE AN OUR 10-MONTH-OLD BABY GIRL, IN HER ARMS. AS THE BULLET CRASHED THROUGH HER HEAD, SHE SLUMPED TO HER KNEES, HOLDING ELISHEBA TIGHTLY SO SHE WOULD NOT DROP HER. WE TOOK THE BABY FROM HER AS SHE LAY DEAD AND BLEEDING ON OUR KITCHEN FLOOR.” -RANDY WEAVER TO CONGRESS, SEPTEMBER 6, 1995