Why I am not driving across the midwest by myself anytime soon…

Gunman: ‘If You’re Not A Christian You’re Going To Die’

BOULDER, Colo. — A 24-year-old ski lift operator who fatally shot the general manager of the Eldora ski area was determined to kill co-workers who weren’t Christian, according to court records obtained Thursday.

The documents, filed Wednesday in Boulder District Court, said witnesses told authorities that Derik Bonestroo walked into a building at work, fired a gun into the ceiling and said: "If you’re not Christian, you’re going to die."

General manager Brian Mahon was shot and killed Dec. 30 at the ski area west of Nederland, Colo., in Boulder County.

Witnesses said when Bonestroo asked Mahon’s religion, Mahon said "Catholic" and Bonestroo shot him twice: in the chest and head.

I guess that was the wrong answer.  I suppose Mormon wouldn’t have been a good answer either.  Or Unitarian I suppose.  The other employees fled out the back door and into the woods.  Boonestroo left in his car and was chased down by a local deputy who, fortunately, was also a SWAT team member.  When Boonestroo opened fire the deputy shot back and that was that for one little hammer of god.

He was found to be wearing the usual para military gear and armed to the teeth.  Oh…and this…

Among the list of items confiscated from Bonestroo’s apartment were medication and a dead cat that was stabbed several times, Pelle said. The cat was believed to be Bonestroo’s pet.

This is how the culture war staggers onward…with religious right megachurch gasbags calling down God’s wrath on Americans, knowing prefectly well that they are raising the temperature higher and higher and before long someone, some crazy someone, some massively stressed out to the point of breaking someone, will take their words and turn them into blood.