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Part Six: The Perfect Soldier

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Tim McVey

Tim McVey is a sensitive kid who's like heartbroken when he sees someone being cruel to animals. He developed a deep hatred of bullying and a reflexive rage at the sight of anything he saw as bully behavior, whether it came from an individual or an institution. Tim fell in love with guns at an early age; his grandfather first took him shooting when he was seven. After the Oklahoma City bombing, pundits would try to tie Tim's parents' divorce to his evolution as a terrorist.

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