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re: An Insider Reflects on the Waco Standoff

Posted on 4/14/14 at 3:31 pm to
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 3:31 pm to
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I thought it began with a tax issue and evolved


Was it? I have no idea.
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 3:36 pm to
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Was it? I have no idea.


Guess I was wrong... I was very young, but thought it had to do with Tax issues.


But in reading...

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The search warrant was justified not on the basis of there being proof that the Davidians had purchased anything illegal, but on the basis that they could be modifying legal arms to illegal arms, and that automatic weapon fire had been reported from the compound.[29] The affidavit of Aguilera for the search warrant claimed that there were over 150 weapons in the compound. The paperwork on the AR-15 components cited in the affidavit showed that they were in fact legal semi-automatics; however, Aguilera told the judge: "I have been involved in many cases where defendants, following a relatively simple process, convert AR-15 semi-automatic rifles to fully automatic rifles of the nature of the M-16.


America, frick Yeah
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 3:39 pm to

The basics on Waco.... The BATF was looking at budget cuts and wanted to show that they were worth shite. They're not.

They found out that David Koresh had some guns in a compound of cultish folks. If they wanted to arrest Koresh all they had to do was go down to Krogers in Waco on Saturday afternoon and arrest him when he went shopping.

Instead they decided to go military style assault and they got met with guns. An officer got shot.

Janet Reno sent in tanks under the pretext that children were being abused (they weren't). The compound was destroyed and everybody died (including the children).

Janet Reno said "I take responsibility." But she didn't get fired. This is when Dem's realized that all you had to say for a frick up was "I take responsibility" and then carry on.
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 3:41 pm
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