FWIW . . .In the comments section to that post at HuffPo, Mykyta posts the following:
I may field questions, but only if they are kept respectful! Firstly, to the most anticipated ones (although they should be moot and no-one's business, I will answer them anyway). I am 27. Naturalized US Citizen in 2010. Arrived from Ukraine at 12 (by the way, it is NOT "the" Ukraine, since it is afer all a country, not a territory -- it is a cold War era stylistic anachronism to precede the country's name with a definite article). Have degrees in math and physics. Former chess expert. White (caucasian). Religiously, I suppose I am Christian if I am anything, but I haven't been to church for a long time, though still keep a Bible on my bookshelf. Young urban professional at the time of the incident. Income funded by casino gamblers worldwide. Sympathetic to many Ukrainians who deserve a decent country and therefore very strongly anti-Communist. I have a tendency to pick up hobbies and drop them. Las summer, it was model rockets. Before that, it was going to gun ranges, renting pistols and shooting them. I even have a Basic Pistol certificate from the NRA. I didn't realize that making fireworks with Pyrodex is any different. After all, how does the proprietor of a shooting range who rents me a deadly firearm without any checks know that I am not a madman? There are people all over YouTube making these poppers. Unfortunately, the law says otherwise. I endangered peple through folly more than a drunk driver."
Deeeee-ranged.