Give This Man A Gun & A Job!

Well, it is a free country. W/ rights for all. From the SPD BLOTTER:

Following his arrest, Alexis told detectives he perceived he had been “mocked” by construction workers the morning of the incident and said they had “disrespected him.” Alexis also claimed he had an anger-fueled “blackout,” and could not remember firing his gun at the victims’ vehicle until an hour after the incident.

Alexis also told police he was present during “the tragic events of September 11, 2001″ and described “how those events had disturbed him.”

Detectives later spoke with Alexis’ father, who lived in New York at the time, who told police Alexis had anger management problems associated with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that Alexis had been an active participant in rescue attempts on September 11th, 2001.

Getting just a little bit tired of having to wait until another law-abiding citizen has killed 12 people before we can take his guns from his cold dead hands.

In "How All This Relates To Us," bane of our existence H-P appears to put as much effort into hiring sub-contractors

Alexis was working most recently for a company called "The Experts," a subcontractor on an HP Enterprise Services contract to refresh equipment used on the Navy Marine Corps Intranet network. A federal law enforcement official said he was living at a Residence Inn in Southwest Washington.

The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said Alexis purchased at least some of the weapons used in the assault within the past few days in Virginia. Then on Monday, he allegedly drove to the Navy Yard complex and cleared security checkpoints before parking in a lot on the property.

as it puts thought into design, materials & manufacturing in its printer division. (California dodged one when Meg Whitman lost her try at replacing Gov. Schwarzenegger. Think how she could have screwed up the state & our however-largest-in-the-world-it-is economy.) Can we finally put HP completely out of business?