they literally believe in every word in the bible, and they believe that david koresh is the lamb of the book of revelation. and he and his followers are about to bring about the end of times from the book of revelation by battling the forces of babylon. they've come to the attention of atf, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, arms for being in unlawful possession of semiautomatic weapons that have been converted to automatic weapons. there's nothing illegal about doing that. in 1993. if you register each weapon and you pay a tax for doing so. the branch davidians had not done that. disgruntled former branch davidians had made claims to atf that those that were left following david koresh were quite likely to take some of their automatic weapons, the ones they didn't sell at gun shows and descend into waco or some other place and slaughter innocent people as a means of bringing in the government, bringing about the end times of the bible. so atf thought it was not only acting to confiscate illegal automatic weapons, but in fact, public safety was involved. they thought it was going to be the

raced toward the buildings and several groups shouting and and he says, at some point, shooting david koresh, unarmed, opened the front door before they reached out and called. what do you want? there's women and children in here. the lead agent claimed to have yelled police, get down or some such crime and courage closed the door thereafter. heavy firing broke out says from both sides, who fired first and at what remains a matter of sharp dispute. two teams of atf agents with ladders mounted to the roof of the first floor and broke into the windows of the second floor where they believe the weapons were stored. they met with heavy fire, which resulted in several casualties. one team did not make an entry, but the other did. its were not able to advance. however, and the effort failed. firing continued from both sides for some time, with the agents pinned down behind their vehicles and other cover until a cease fire was negotiated. is that substantially correct, secretary? and from your study? no, that is not correct. what you're telling me where it's incorrect? it is incorrect from the stud