No, he was just looking for a little cheap publicity.
Guilty as charged.
Your opinion here is worthless, roscoe, as you are an avowed foe of the 2nd amendment RKBA. -- In your demented eyes, he is guilty of defying your beloved all powerful state. - Bizarro.
The jury found him guilty. Hey, the idiot confessed!
I am continually appalled at how many so-called conservatives here readily align themselves with big government when they have a common enemy (namely libertarians).
I dare say these are the same kind of dangerous people who lined up behind Hitler because he told them "there is your enemy" and they obediently followed orders. And I say that in the most somber sincerity, not as some overblown hyperbole. I say this as the son of a Nazi Germany survivor. It's really frightening.