I want to tell you about a man that served his nation well.
He was born in Lockport, New York. He was the middle child of three, and the only male child. His family was Irish Catholic.
In his senior year, he was named the school's "Most Promising Computer Programmer. After graduating high school with honors, he became intensely interested in gun rights and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
He was affiliated with the Republican Party when he lived in New York, and was a member in the National Rifle Association while in the military.
He enlisted in the Army in 1988. He was a decorated veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Gulf War, where he was awarded a Bronze Star. He had been a top scoring gunner with the 25mm cannon of the light-armored Bradley Fighting Vehicles used by the U.S. 1st Infantry Division to which he was assigned.
He served at Fort Riley, Kansas, before Operation Desert Storm. At Fort Riley, he completed the Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC). He had special lifesaving training and may have saved the life of a comrade who had life-threatening shrapnel wounds.
While his service to his nation doesn’t make him qualified to be President, it does tell you a lot about the man’s character. (This was a comment made by Fred Thompson about John McCain at the GOP convention on Tuesday Evening)
The man I'm talking about was Timothy McVeigh. He bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was convicted of 11 United States federal offenses, and was sentenced to death and executed for his role in the April 19, 1995 bombing. His act, which killed 168 people, was the deadliest event of domestic terrorism in the United States, and the deadliest act of terrorism within United States borders until the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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