Accused U.S. Guardsman a vocal gun proponent

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13511195.htm

SEATTLE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. National Guardsman accused of trying to help Islamic militant al Qaeda forces is a staunch gun advocate and was once arrested for approaching a school toting a rifle and a bayonet, local officials said on Friday.

Ryan Anderson, a tank crew member arrested on Thursday as his unit prepared to ship out to Iraq, broke no laws, but drew a swarm of police as he strode toward an Everett, Washington, elementary school in May 1998 on a break from his studies at Washington State University.

A day earlier, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel shot 25 fellow students, killing two, along with his parents in Springfield, Oregon.

"It looked very bad for somebody to be walking toward a school with a weapon, plus a military knife, dressed in a black trench coat and boots. We were concerned that he was going to go into that school," said Jan Jorgensen, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff.

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1. All-around nutcase.

From the stories I've read, people who know him aren't too surprised.