TANK THIEF RUNS AMOK

San Diego Police are at a loss to explain why a 34-year-old plumber stole a 63-ton tank from a local armory Wednesday, then rampaged through several neighborhoods, flattening fire hydrants and crushing dozens of cars before he was shot to death by police. No one else was injured. "The guy was just going crazy," said one witness . "He was mowing cars over." Police said the driver, Shawn Nelson, had served in the military and apparently knew how to maneuver the vehicle. They said they shot him as he was trying to spin it round and head into traffic. Fortunately, the tank's weapons -- a 105 mm cannon, 12.7 mm anti-aircraft gun and 7.62 mm machine gun -- were not loaded.Post to National Affairs "Time's Anti-Gun Bias, Part X."