As far the "millions and millions" for shortened shotguns goes, I believe that Ruby Ridge occurreed because there was suspicion that Randy Weaver had shortened a gun.
I believe the raid cost well over $2M (and several lives). That's just one incident.
It was a FACT that he shortened a gun.
What pissed me off was the first comment “War on cops”, as though someone went out of their way to find and kill a cop.