[Las Vegas shooter] Paddock reportedly said, "Somebody has to wake up the American public and get them to arm themselves," when the two met less than a month before the Oct. 1 shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds. "Sometimes sacrifices have to be made," he added.

Paddock also ranted about "camps" the Federal Emergency Management Agency set up after Hurricane Katrina, which he claimed were a "dry run for law enforcement and military to start kickin' down doors and … confiscating guns."

USA PATRIOT 802 (c):

`(5) the term `domestic terrorism' means activities that--

    `(A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal 
           laws of the United States or of any State;

    `(B) appear to be intended--

        `(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

        `(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

        `(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, 
          assassination, or kidnapping; and

   `(C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.'.