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C.J. Box is the New York Times Best-Selling author of over a dozen novels. He lives in Wyoming.


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C.J. Box
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C.J. Box
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Xennady: Over the years I've seen these folks bleat about Wyoming on multiple occasions.

I don't know why they've singled out that state for special animus but it just seems to be that way. Whatevs.

The answer is pretty simple.  Wyoming always ranks extremely high per capita in gun ownership, #1 in pickup trucks per capita, and has a Republican governor, legislature, two Republican senators, and all-R congresswoman (meaning one). 

Plus, the red hordes were finally turned back in Wyoming in the movie Red Dawn (the good one, not the recent one).

We drive them crazy.

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paulebe:

Why, for goodness sake, would the ultimate symbol of American citizenship, (El Pasaporte) come with instructions in ANY other language. At least the Canadians can blame the always-agitated Quebec issue for their annoying (to this non-Canadian) bi-lingual everything. What really is our excuse? Exhaustion? · 1 hour ago

Good question.  Does anyone have any idea how many U.S. citizens applying for passports can't read a word of English?  I doubt that number is high enough to justify the inclusion of the flyer.

Edited on April 7, 2013 at 4:29pm
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Thank you, Mr. Last Outpost on the Right.  I appreciate your endorsement and your kind words.

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I thought of another observation from the tour.  On occasion, someone in the audience -- or on Amazon -- will react to the book in a knee-jerk liberal way, accusing me of being a Rand Paul guy or saying the book is a Tea Party rant (not that there's anything wrong with either!).

I feel compelled to point out that the initial action against the Sacketts took place six years ago, during the Bush Administration, although the current administration carried on and fought the Sacketts all the way to the Supreme Court.  Suddenly, their outlook changes.  Suddenly, it's an outrage after all.  The transformation is nothing short of...miraculous!

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Mike: Loved Breaking Point. Have read all his books. The guy's good. · 4 hours ago

Thank you, Mike.  And my wife thanks you, and my daughters thank you...

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Look Away: Started it yesterday evening and finished it this morning. C.J.'s best book yet IMHO. Frankly I consider myself pretty up to date on Leviathan, but C.J.'s description of the mendacity of bureaucracy throughout the book was pretty chilling.

Excellent effort C.J. !! · 3 hours ago

Thank you kindly.

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The Annapolitan: My eyes are popping out and there is steam coming from my ears, totally outraged that the Sacketts had to go all the way to the Supreme Court - and won! - and all they got for their trouble and expense was the right to challenge the absurdity of the EPA!Call me when there is a public whipping of the bastard who initiated this. Then there will satisfaction. · 4 minutes ago

As far as I know, not a single EPA employee or official was fired, reprimanded, or reassigned.

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Troy, thank you for the terrific post.  It's tough out on the book tour trail but I've been heartened by how well the book is doing (now on its second week on the NYT list at #7) and how many readers seem to embrace it.  The Sackett case was -- and is -- one of the most outrageous real-life examples of federal arrogance and overreach I've ever researched.  My blood was boiling for a year while I wrote the book, which, as you've indicated, is fictionalized.

A couple of quick items of notes -- I'll fill in more later -- from the book tour. 

1.) Thousands of readers now know about the Sackett vs. EPA case, and many have done independent research on it well beyond my book.  BREAKING POINT, if nothing else, has opened a whole lot of eyes.  Bless the PLF.

2.) Each and every night someone lines up to get a book signed and tells me of a bad personal experience they've had with the EPA, or some other federal agency. 

Thanks to so many Ricochet members for reading it.

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La Dernière Lettre: I think many of the people in this feed are living in Cormac McCarthy's The Road.  I think Obama wins this one.  Sorry Wyoming. · 1 hour ago

While I generally admire provocateurs, in this instance, well, not so much.

Edited on February 3, 2013 at 7:40am
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Zafar: What if it isn't challenged, and liberal states (say California) say: since Wyoming can keep its guns we can keep our pot industry and also stop constraining our Abortion providers to the limits spelled out in Roe v Wade? · 15 minutes ago

That actually sounds like a fine idea.

It is time the states stopped asking "Is this allowed?", and simply started doing these things.

Dare them to come stop you.

There are very good odds that the feds will bluster and gripe and do nothing at all in the end. · 36 minutes ago

Ditto.  Let states be states.

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Cornelius Julius Sebastian: @Skyler: I'm not so sure it is obvious that this is unconstitutional. SCOTUS jurisprudence is that Federal Bill of Rights is a floor, not a ceiling. States are free to grant more rights than the Feds. It is unclear to me bough whether this would require a state constitutional basis for the expanded right. Assuming the WY constitution has a corollary to the 2nd Amendment, the state is arguably well within its authority under SCOTUS precedent to expand the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. I defer to Yoo/Epstein/Freedman, but I think there is at least some legitimate grounds for the argument. · 13 minutes ago

Very interesting.

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La Dernière Lettre: What can't we ban extended magazines?  Who on earth needs them other than soldiers? · 2 hours ago

Last I checked, we have a Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Needs.

Edited on February 3, 2013 at 12:20am
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raycon and lindacon: Does Wyoming have any companies, apart from individual gunsmiths, who can manufacture a fire arm from parts and materials mined, smelted and cast entirely within the borders of the state?

The language of the bill is slightly confusing, but it applies not only to guns and accessories made in the state but also to any resident who owns guns and accessories wherever they were made.  And yes, there is at least one manufacturer in Wyoming, the magnificent Freedom Arms of Freedom, Wyoming.  No kidding.  They make some of the most powerful handguns in the world.  Here's a link: http://www.freedomarms.com/

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TheSophist:  And Texas is too big to ignore. · 5 minutes ago

I think I've just been insulted!

Nevertheless, it's gratifying to hear Texas may wisely follow Wyoming's leadership.

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Foxfier: I did hear about it... in the "stories of the odd" segments.

See, being murdered by someone with a gun is an outrage.  Being knifed, or shot with a bow and arrow, is a curiosity. · 2 hours ago

Very well put.  Makes me angry, though...

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Hartmann von Aue: Mr. Box: Did you mean to write "Chris Krumm appeared to be suffering from mental illness" in the first full paragraph after "Here's what happened"? · 1 minute ago

Thank you for pointing out the error.  It's fixed now.

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