Eric Frein, the "survivalist" who is accused of killing two state troopers and toying with the police trying to catch him, is still at large, according to CNN.
Some thoughts:
1. This guy murdered two people in cold blood, and for that he deserves to hang.
2. His immediate motivation for the murders (both victims were State Troopers) appears to be his arrest and jailing over some WWII memorabilia he stole. (He is said to have been a reenactor of Cold War conflicts, obsessed with Russia and Serbia).
3. He is described by police reports as hating the federal government and being a survivalist in "both ideology and practice."
4. It's possible that he's playing out his Cold War fantasies and imagining himself a heroic enemy of the Federal gov't.
5. Look out for the tired "right wing extremists are everywhere," "Survivalists are Nazis," and "we need more gun control," schtick from MSNBC, CNN, the HuffPost, etc.
6. If the actions of one lunatic mean we need to start targeting people for emergency preparedness and lack of blind faith in an all-powerful federal government, maybe we should also target people who speak Russian or Serbian, people who have Mohawk haircuts, people who have trouble holding down a job, and people who wear adult diapers:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/22/justice/pennsylvania-suspected-cop-killer/index.html
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/manhunt-suspected-killer-eric-frein-aggravates-locals-article-1.1950742
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