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In northern idaho with an alleged white supremacist named randy weaver. he is suspected of selling illegal firearms. during an 11-day standoff weaver's son, his wife, and a deputy u.s. marshal are killed. then february 28th, 1993, following a gun battle between the atf and members of a religious group called the branch davidians, federal agents lay siege to the group's compound near waco, texas. a suspected cache of illegal weapons is at the center of the controversy. >> mcveigh was just absolutely in a rage over both of those incidents, but the one thing that pushed him over the edge and turn...

>> he was totally against any kind of gun control. he was totally in favor of government leaving people alone, letting them do what they want to do. >> his trust of a large central government goes back to our independence. it's written into our constitution. the problem is when it's taken to its extremes, and timothy mcveigh was the extreme of that ideology. >> but he doesn't seem to be destructive until two tragic events in the early 1990s insight mcveigh to embrace violence. in august 1992 deputy u.s. marshals and fbi agents are sflovld a deadly confrontation in northern idaho with an allege...