In reading another thread (Religion vs. me), I was reminded of a nagging question that I've had for some time now. Maybe someone here knows the answer.
Remember why the ATF raided the Branch Davidians at Waco? Supposedly, Koresh and his followers were stockpiling "illegal" weapons. The other justification was allegations of child abuse, which, though serious, wouldn't have been something for the Feds to get involved with. However, in all of the footage I've ever seen of the F Troop assualt, I can't detect any automatic fire coming from the Davidians.
After the dust settled, I expected to see Reno make some announcement of what weapons they had found and some statement to the effect that "Our brave F Troop stood up against 70 wackos with 50 fully automatic AK 47s" or something along those lines, but it never materialized.
What weapons did they find? Were they really "illegal" or simply evil looking "media illegal" guns, if you know what I mean?
I'd be really curious to know.
Remember why the ATF raided the Branch Davidians at Waco? Supposedly, Koresh and his followers were stockpiling "illegal" weapons. The other justification was allegations of child abuse, which, though serious, wouldn't have been something for the Feds to get involved with. However, in all of the footage I've ever seen of the F Troop assualt, I can't detect any automatic fire coming from the Davidians.
After the dust settled, I expected to see Reno make some announcement of what weapons they had found and some statement to the effect that "Our brave F Troop stood up against 70 wackos with 50 fully automatic AK 47s" or something along those lines, but it never materialized.
What weapons did they find? Were they really "illegal" or simply evil looking "media illegal" guns, if you know what I mean?
I'd be really curious to know.