1952
- 1971 – 1973 volunteer firefighter in Bexar County, TX
- 1973 – 1980 reserve deputy sheriff in San Antonio
- 1975 Masters degree Computer Science
- 1978 Bachelors degree
- 1980 move to Virginia
- president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL)
- June 2004, he received the Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- 2018 – was fooled publicly by Who Is America? is an American political satire television series
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