- Joined
- Jan 14, 2018
Both Waco and RR had the government alleging that they had weapons the government didn't authorize them to have, which proved true.
If it weren't for that, Randy Weaver and the Waco people would not have been shot at.
For example, there's a huge Scientology complex out in Riverside County that restricts members' movement while indoctrinating them incessantly and forever. If asked, those people will uniformly say they are following their faith and creed, and are happy doing that. The FBI looked into this in 2010 and concluded that nope, they can't do anything.
ETA: The FBI apologized because their person took kill shots at unarmed combatants and/or used otherwise insane amounts of force. They do that less, but if they did decide to do it, saying that someone had amounts of bump-stocked, scoped, silenced, pistol gripped ARs would provide the best cover.
Frankly, I do not see why people think that ARs/AKs specked out with bump stocks, pistol grips, high-end scopes, silencers etc. will get the government to back off. The government has SWAT units of 7-12, all with better firepower. They can get helicopters. Drones. Full-autos. Tanks. And them having a reasonable case that you have a couple illegal spec'd out ARs is the best ammunition they have to go after you.
A thought. The idea of a few people with illegal weapons doesn't scare the US government, or for that matter any government, as much as the idea of a few people, or even one person, with computers and hacking ability. The person or people with some illegal weapons are little or no threat outside the range of their weapons. The person or people with computers and hacking ability can pose a much larger, much more severe threat. Some will say the government has cyberwarfare specialists. True, but for every measure there's a countermeasure. And I wonder about some of the government's cyberwarfare specialists. Case in point:

USAF Major Arrested in the Case of His Missing Wife - Law Enforcement Today
A USAF major was arrested Sunday in connection to his wife’s disappearance after police said they found suspicious items inside their Texas home.

To be sure, this major was probably not a hands-on cyberwarfare specialist. Most likely he was a division chief within the unit. But people like him are supposed to be the cream of the crop, carrying out a vital, 24/7/365 mission. Sure doesn't give me a warm fuzzy.