turns out that republican state rep mark patterson in idaho had twice been arrested and charged with forcible rape. the second time was in ohio and he was acquitted of those charges, but the first time in florida, he pled guilty. he was initially charged with forcible rape. he pled guilty to assault and intent to commit rape. years later after moving to idaho, he applied for a concealed carry permit for a handgun. now, under idaho law and pretty much everywhere, you cannot get a permit to carry a gun if you have committed a violent felony, like say assault with intent to commit rape, to which this guy pled guilty, but he did not admit that on his gun permit application. which means he lied on his gun permit application. and when the sheriff found out about this lie, the sheriff revoked the guy's permit. and then, then, then comes the part of the story that makes it the single strangest politics story we covered all year long. i mean, it is one thing for the citizens of boise to know they just elected this guy with a violent felony conviction related to rape and he got his gun permit

turns out that republican state rep mark patterson in idaho had twice been arrested and charged with forcible rape. the second time was in ohio and he was acquitted of those charges, but the first time in florida, he pled guilty. he was initially charged with forcible rape. he pled guilty for assault and intent to commit rape. years later after moving to idaho, he applied for a concealed carry permit for a handgun. now, under idaho law and pretty much everywhere, you cannot get a permit to carry a gun if you have committed a violent felony, like say assault with intent to commit rape, to which this guy pled guilty, but he did not admit that on his gun permit application. and when the sheriff found out about this lie, the sheriff revoked the guy's permit. and then, then, then comes the part of the story that makes it the single strangest politics story we covered all year long. i mean, it is one thing for the citizens of boise to know they just elected this guy with a violent felony conviction related to rape and he got his gun permit revoked because of it. on the bottom line of the s