Bad examples Hankster. Koresh was stockpiling illegal firearms. Thankfully you noted him as a leader of a cult. Cults are not afforded any more second amendment rights than the rest of us. (Of course the SCOTUS could better clarify what the 2nd amendment means.)

Elian Gonzalez was a minor child who illegally entered the US. His mother, had she survived could have asked for assylum, but that opportunity isn't afforded to minors. Either we are a nation of laws, or we aren't. I agree that was a difficult, but legally not a tough call. At age 5, Elian wasn't qualified to state a choice as to what country to reside in. And he had a legal guardian, his father, in Cuba. I don't recall his father stating that Elian should stay in the US. Absent that, there was no other legal choice but to return him home, terrified looks in the newspaper notwithstanding. If you make choices based on media sensationalism, I don't think you're really worthy of the conservative hat. Just my opinion.