[Mark17]

I believe David Koresh/Vernon Howell was scum. However, it might not be illegal to gas women and children in a confined area, but it surely is unethical.

I don’t know about Texas, but in California, to do what they did with CS gas, most assuredly was a felony. It is NEVER to be used in a closed area. A way of escape MUST be assured. It was normally to be used almost exclusively outside, not inside. I got exposed to a small amount one time. It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. People will almost try to run though a brick wall, to get away from it. It’s horrible stuff.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I don’t know about Texas, but in California, to do what they did with CS gas, most assuredly was a felony. It is NEVER to be used in a closed area. A way of escape MUST be assured. It was normally to be used almost exclusively outside, not inside. I got exposed to a small amount one time. It was one of the worst experiences I have ever had. People will almost try to run though a brick wall, to get away from it. It’s horrible stuff.

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Exactly. In an enclosed space, how could anyone escape? If you can't see, and you are coughing and choking? To do this to children under 10 years old isn't criminal?

I am normally a supporter of LEO, and I actually knew someone who was a friend of one of the killed officers, but the fact that no one went to prison over this, and the authorities got off Scot free is awful.

That being said, David Koresh was a paranoid, self serving criminal.

[morphing libertarian]

There were several avenues of escape. The davidians, except for three chose to not come out. Th compound can hardly be called an enclosed area because of the size, the windows and the number of doors to the outside.