Koresh was in possession of at least 45 fully automatic weapons according to the post-siege analysis done by the Texas Rangers and the FBI. Also a dozen or so silencers, and multiple SBR's (rifles or shotguns with barrels cut down to a length that violates federal law). Koresh did not have an NFA license that would have allowed him to legally possess those items. Accordingly, he was breaking a shitload of "known laws".....The FBI could have arrested Koresh outside of the compound. They had plenty of opportunities. The whole disaster could have been easily avoided.
We can talk about the sexual assault on a minor allegations as well, if you'd like. He was fucking girls as young as 10 at the Waco compound. Last time I checked, that is "breaking a known law." The bottom line is that he was a psycho and a criminal. The cops were out there to do what they get paid to do.....arrest and charge persons who are violating the law. All Koresh had to do was walk out the door and put his hands in the air. He'd be alive today and so would everybody else that died in that compound. And several ATF agents as well. Did the FBI bungle the siege? As I've said, I can't disagree. But, the ultimate cause of this tragedy was Koresh, not Bill Clinton or Janet Reno. Originally Posted by timpage
The allegations of child abuse were never confirmed. The "fucking girls as young as ten" statement is stupid (sorry). There was an allegation that he married a thirteen year old. The case was investigated by Texas CPS, but no charges were ever filed. The legal age for marriage, with parental consent, was fourteen in Texas at that time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh