[sinkspur]

Well - he was going to sleep with the wrong man's 10 year old daughter (I *saw* the ABC special with Charlie Gibsonb the other night) at some point -

It's a local matter, Jim. There was no reason for the BATF to be involved.

Child abuse is a state matter.

Hey, you know very well that I think Howell was a cretin. He used people, he lied to them, he took advantage of, and raped, children.

Call the cops, not the FBI.

[_Jim]

     It's a local matter, Jim. There was no reason for the BATF to be involved.

Did you MISS the allusion as to WHY he was so driven to be heavily armed?

Subtle gallows humor somehow got lost on you that time friend ...