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Did they actually find the AR-15s with illegal modifications? If I remember correctly, the FBI said they were "destroyed in the fire" and the witness that said

Did they actually find the AR-15s with illegal modifications? If I remember correctly, the FBI said they were "destroyed in the fire" and the witness that said they heard automatic gunfire from the compound which kicked the whole thing off either retracted their statement or was found to be unreliable. I don't remember exactly, there were a few of these in the 90s and I don't remember anyone really trusting any of the investigations. One of the last times this country agreed on something.

llamaimperative 3y ago
Yes they did and Davidians also testified that they were modifying them > Davidian Donald Bunds recounted how Koresh ordered him to buy a lathe and milling machine; Bunds said he then learned to use them to help convert 90 to 100 assault rifles to automatic weapons in 1992. Bunds and several other Davidians testified that Koresh issued every male follower an automatic assault rifle and multiple magazines weeks before the ATF raid… at least 48 illegal machine guns were recovered from the burnt compound. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/02/27/breaking-through-the-myths-surrounding-the-1993-branch-davidian-raid/?outputType=amp https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/02/27/breaking-th...
sillystuff 3y ago
Per the official reports, they did find several fully automatic weapons, but the report does not list all weapons/ammunition found in a single list, so the following is a subset of firearms/ammunition found: > ...by May 3 the Texas Rangers had recovered 305 firearms from the compound, and approximately 1.9 million rounds of "cooked off" or spent ammunition. Among the firearms found were at least 20 fully automatic AK-47 assault rifles; at least 12 fully automatic AR-15 assault rifles; at least two .50 caliber semi-automatic rifles; and anti-tank armor-piercing ammunition. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511015809/https://www.justice.gov/publications/waco/report-deputy-attorney-general-events-waco-texas-aftermath-april-19-fire https://web.archive.org/web/20170511015809/https://www.justi...

llamaimperative 3y ago

Yes they did and Davidians also testified that they were modifying them > Davidian Donald Bunds recounted how Koresh ordered him to buy a lathe and milling machine; Bunds said he then learned to use them to help convert 90 to 100 assault rifles to automatic weapons in 1992. Bunds and several other Davidians testified that Koresh issued every male follower an automatic assault rifle and multiple magazines weeks before the ATF raid… at least 48 illegal machine guns were recovered from the burnt compound. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/02/27/breaking-through-the-myths-surrounding-the-1993-branch-davidian-raid/?outputType=amp https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/02/27/breaking-th...

sillystuff 3y ago

Per the official reports, they did find several fully automatic weapons, but the report does not list all weapons/ammunition found in a single list, so the following is a subset of firearms/ammunition found: > ...by May 3 the Texas Rangers had recovered 305 firearms from the compound, and approximately 1.9 million rounds of "cooked off" or spent ammunition. Among the firearms found were at least 20 fully automatic AK-47 assault rifles; at least 12 fully automatic AR-15 assault rifles; at least two .50 caliber semi-automatic rifles; and anti-tank armor-piercing ammunition. https://web.archive.org/web/20170511015809/https://www.justice.gov/publications/waco/report-deputy-attorney-general-events-waco-texas-aftermath-april-19-fire https://web.archive.org/web/20170511015809/https://www.justi...