https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge#ATF_involvement

Read up on Ruby Ridge. The whole way that thing got started was the ATF sent an informant to bully him into making illegal shotguns. They didn't just buy them from him. They convinced him to make them and offered a huge sum of money knowing he was having money troubles. All in order to get him to violate a gun law that in theory violates the 2nd amendment to begin with. Then they shot at them etc etc.

Now imagine none of it ever happened. He would have just stayed up in the mtn and never hurt anyone. He wasn't a threat to anyone. They picked the fight with him. THAT is the real problem. The feds are protecting anyone. They aren't chasing criminals. They are the criminals.