>>If McVeigh had been "packin'" that day, why didn't McVeigh just shoot the cop, and keep on driving?
I suspect McVeigh would have been the better shot. He's been praised for exceptional marksmanship.>>

what does that have to do with anything? I dont know if he had a gun or not. he didnt need one as his mission involved a bomb not a firearm.

>>I don't think he was paranoid.
I think he was vengeful. >>

maybe, im not an expert and your opinion is as good as mine is.

I should have put the url in my post about mcveigh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh

--------------
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"