Years back now, Randy was a family friend. My family ran a large gun show and he'd show up occasionally to sell his book, which I believe I still have a signed copy around here somewhere. He was polite, courteous, quick-witted, and would not shy away from speaking about the incident.

A lot of what's been said in documentaries and on various websites, including comments here, are not accurate based on what he himself said. His wife was not at a window but at the door, he knew he was due in court but refused to go, he did attend white supremacist meetings (twice if I recall) but didn't know that's what they were at first and hence why he stopped going, and the FBI ultimately went after him because he had sold sawed-off shotguns to an undercover agent who kept begging him.

Back around that time the government and media were pushing a narrative that there were militia groups running around the less inhabited areas of the country and were doing all manner of horrible things. With a frightened public calling for action, the FBI went out simply looking for confrontation with any militia-like group and publicizing it hard. His specific case was the gold standard in entrapment, government overreach, public overreaction, media inflammation, and lack of accountability.

Randy was not a racist (hell, he rode with black guys like we all did), was a largely peaceful man, and considered himself a patriot that wanted at one time to help his community.