The initial raid by F-troop was totally unnecessary, but was seen as a funding promotional effort.
The feds could have easily conducted an FFL records check without the assault by knocking on the door.
The front door to the complex had ballistic evidence of who was shooting through the door. Koresh claimed it was the feds. He was struck by one round. His daughter was shot and killed.
These ATF agents should has been prosecuted for murder.
There is a video , or was on youtube, about the raid. It shows the agents on the side of and behind their vehicles shooting their pistols at the house. There is no dust spurts or broken windshields from return fire. The name of the video if you would be interested in watching it is “An “Unspeakable Act” or something similiar. It deconstructs the Governmemnt’s version of the raid piece by piece.