He was visiting the site for the first time and said the compound, where the majority of the Branch Davidians died in the raging fire at the end of the 51-day siege, is still deeply tied to Waco's ...

AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald ; Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty This 1998 file photo shows Branch Davidian leader David Koresh in a police line-up following a gun battle with former Davidians ...

WACO (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Thirty years ago today, the infamous 51-day standoff between law enforcement and the Branch Davidian compound in Waco came to a fiery end. From Feb. 28, 1993, to April ...

About 300 assault rifles and pistols were found in the charred remains of the Branch Davidian compound hours after the structure burned to the ground in 1993, a Texas Ranger testified Thursday.

In fact, Koresh had passed out weapons at the compound, so most members of the group were stocked with guns and ammunition. What's more, the Branch Davidians knew the ATF was coming.