Editing Ruby Ridge standoff (section)

=== Constitutionality of the second shot ===
The RRTF report to the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]]'s [[Office of Professional Responsibility]] (OPR) of June 1994 stated unequivocally in conclusion (in its executive summary) that the rules that allowed the second shot to have been made did not satisfy constitutional standards for legal use of deadly force.<ref name=RRTF_OPR_IB>RRTF, ''Report of the RRTF to the OPR'' (1994), Ch. I., §B., pp. 2–6.</ref> The 1996 report of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information, [[Arlen Specter]] [R-PA], chair, concurred, with Senator [[Dianne Feinstein]] [D-CA] dissenting.<ref name=SenSubcommTerrorism96_D4c88>U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, ''Ruby Ridge: Report'' (1996), Ch. D. §&nbsp;4.c., p. 88. Quoting from the report: "c. Legality of the Second Shot / The Subcommittee believes that the second shot was inconsistent with the FBI's standard deadly force policy and was unconstitutional. It was even inconsistent with the special Rules of Engagement. [Footnote 1: Senator Feinstein dissents ...]"</ref> The DOJ's RRTF report said that the lack of a request for surrender before Agent Horiuchi's second shot was "inexcusable", as Harris and the Weavers were running for cover at the time and did not pose an imminent threat.<ref name="alle">{{cite book|last1=Balleck|first1=Barry J.|title=Allegiance to Liberty: The Changing Face of Patriots, Militias, and Political Violence in America|date=2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1440830969|page=145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_k7BQAAQBAJ&q=request+to+surrender+ruby+ridge&pg=PA145}}</ref>{{r|Subcommittee|p=89}}

The later Justice task force criticized Horiuchi for firing through the door, when he did not know if anyone was on the other side of it.<ref name="alle" /> While there is a dispute as to who approved the rules of engagement which Horiuchi followed, the task force condemned the rules of engagement that allowed shots to be fired without a request for surrender.<ref name="alle" /><ref name="usnews" />