What is your source for saying that the Davidians "attempted to create a cohesive military unit"?
I have read just about everything published on this subject and hadn't seen that before.
They built rifles from kits and sold them at gun shows to make money. Several of the men did stand guard at night, and many practiced shooting. But I've never seen evidence of them training or fielding a "unified cohesive combat unit."
This was garbage as well.
My understanding is the Davidians purchased the foreclosed property after it's drug-dealing previous owners were busted and put out of business.
Perhaps you could get Fitz to start an investigation into the Waco mess? The whole thing smelled including the MSM coverage.
David Koresh felt that one day the government will come after his group, so he had his people train in the usage of firearms and conducted some "military" maneuvers on his ranch compound. I remember seeing footages of home movies showing some of these activities. However, all of it is LEGAL but in the eyes of any modern government it is ALARMING. Otherwise why would the government have a hard on for the Branch Davidians purchase and selling of guns in the open and in accordance with the law???