Since KY never chose to secede with the rest of the South, we don't claim them either - at least not as Southerners. But they're still good Americans!
As a native Kentuckian, I just couldn't let this slander slide by without commenting. Kentucky is..., now repeat after me... A BORDER STATE, meaning that alot of Kentuckians view themselves as midwesterners and alot of Kentuckians (myself included) view themselves as southerners.
Didn't secede? Well it wasn't for a lack of trying, since the Governor was a secessionist, and the Legislature by a very very slim margin was unionist. There were military units from Kentucky on both sides of the conflict. In fact, just down the street from where I grew up in Lexington in an area called Gratz Park there is a street that alternated loyalties between houses all the way down the block until ending with the most famous of all, Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Morgan was nicknamed the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy" and along with Nathan Bedford Forrest one of the most feared commanders in the West.
However, back to the gun relevant portion of this discussion. Midway is right outside Lexington in the horse country of Woodford County. It's a great little town and this is not typical behavior of someone from the area. Have you checked the serial numbers of the guns?
KB
