My name David Sexton and I\u2019m a person who fired rounds at the construction site last Friday (Aug. 2). I possessed that firearm at that moment, and I want to publicly apologize for stressing anyone out in the community, including the police officers and sheriff\u2019s deputies involved.<\/p>\n
I really do have remorse for doing it because the last thing I want to do is stress people out. This is an amazing and unique community, and you are very approachable and I appreciate you.<\/p>\n
I served in Afghanistan in 2009 with the 10th Mountain Division operating as an infantryman during that war\u2019s surge. I have PTSD. All that means is a lot of people have tried to kill me and I\u2019m personally still in shock from some of my friends\u2019 deaths and what I\u2019ve done to our enemies.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve personally only been violent in my life toward them, and it\u2019s truly embarrassing and humiliating the older I get because nobody wins in war. Now, I don\u2019t even kill spiders.<\/p>\n
I want the community to know I don\u2019t take drugs, and I am in no way unstable or a danger to the community because of the things I struggle from, including a moral injury, although I\u2019m extremely self destructive.<\/p>\n
I cleared that sector of fire at that construction site and fired controllably into a dirt mound. I\u2019ve never negligently discharged a gun before, and I\u2019ve put thousands of rounds downrange. I come from Sheridan, Wyoming, and Alaska before that, where as long as you\u2019re doing it safely, you can fire in your own backyard. They are also places where you can legally conceal and purchase firearms privately and without registration. Growing up in Los Angeles, we did the same.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t think about the different type of community here, and I truly do apologize. I only possessed a firearm in Glenwood on that occasion and I give you my word I will not disrespect your community again by carrying or participating in discharging firearms, unless I can legally do so in an appropriate place. I\u2019m sorry. I love you. I appreciate you.<\/p>\n
David Sexton,
Glenwood Springs<\/p>\n