Boise Republican Rep. Mark Patterson tells reporter Ben Swann that he plans to revive House Bill 219, his failed gun rights bill that he says triggered Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney to try to silence him by revoking Patterson’s concealed weapons license. In his first published interview since Sunday’s Statesman story that included news of Patterson’s guilty plea to assault with intent to commit rape, Patterson said he’ll return with the bill. That assumed Patterson’s “political career survives,” Swann writes Wednesday. Patterson is a freshman halfway through a two-year term that expires Dec. 1, 2014. Swann was in Boise last weekend keynoting the Treasure Valley Liberty Expo, which also featured Rep. Patterson speaking on the right to keep and bear arms/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: I don't think Rep. Patterson realizes what a serious political predicament he's in, do you?