Coerce?
The morons dangled themselves out there like fed bait and willingly did things they believed would kill people at random.
Compare them to the Hutaree who just wanted to be left alone and never bought fake explosives or illegal weapons. The most the feds got out of them was a bull session in the woods which the judge ruled to be no crime.
The Actions of our government lately are not what I would call responsible. My belief in the workings of the government at all levels is dropping due to these types of actions. Much of what is transpiring is looking more and more like a war against us citizens and not true protective actions by the government.
This is not something that has happened in only the last couple of years this goes back decades.