LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-11 AT 01:07PM (MST)[p]That was what I heard also. He was firing at Harris when she opened the door and the bullet went though the door and hit her. His was leading Harris for a running shot.
There was very strong rumors that one of the supervisiors in charge had given a order to shoot anyone seen carring a gun. That is fine in a military combat senaro, but is not a order that should be given to law enforcement. You shoot if the person carring the gun does something to put your life in danger.
The state of Idaho was at one time thinking about pressing charges agains Lon Horiuchi for manslaughter, but they were dropped as the word got out he would plead "just following orders" and they would have to arrest the superior on the scene who gave that order. I think Janet Reno put pressure on Idaho to not press any charges.
I will not justify what Randy Weaver did, he was in the wrong, but so was the ATF and FBI on how this whole thing was handled. If you have bad leaders, you will have poor performance in the field by the officers.
During this time frame, both the ATF and FBI had several incidents, that I am aware of, that outright violated citizens rights on a major scale. This was due to a very anti gun leadership with the current adminstration that filtered down to the field supervisors. One supervisor was present at both Waco and Ruby Ridge and was involved in a big case that involved the illegal search and seizure of a firearms dealer that led to a coverup by the ATF to protect themselfs from exposure and a major lawsuit.
One of the reasons why I had very little respect for both the FBI and ATF during that time frame. Heck! I still do not trust them.
RELH