FREE FIRE

JOE PICKETT, RECENTLY FIRED FROM HIS JOB AS A WYOMING GAME WARDEN, IS WORKING ON HIS FATHER-IN-LAW'S RANCH WHEN HE RECEIVES A VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR. GOVERNOR RULON - A DEVIOUS BUT DOWN-HOME POLITICO - HAS A SPECIAL REQUEST, ONE JOE KNOWS HE CAN'T REFUSE. FOR WEEKS, THE HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ABUZZ WITH THE STORY OF CLAY MCCANN, A LAWYER WHO SLAUGHTERED FOUR CAMPERS IN A FAR-OFF CORNER OF YELLOWSTONE. AFTER THE MURDERS, MCCANN IMMEDIATELY TURNED HIMSELF IN AT THE NEAREST RANGER STATION. SEEMED LIKE A SLAM-DUNK CASE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT - EXCEPT THAT THE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED IN A THIN SLIVER OF LAND WITH ZERO RESIDENTS AND OVERLAPPING JURISDICTION, THE SO-CALLED FREE-FIRE ZONE. MCCANN HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AN OBSCURE LOOPHOLE IN THE LAW NEITHER THE STATE NOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN TRY HIM FOR HIS CRIME. THE WORST MASS MURDERER IN WYOMING HISTORY WALKS OUT OF JAIL A FREE MAN. GOVERNOR RULON, SENSITIVE TO THE RISING TIDE OF PUBLIC OUTRAGE, WANTS HIS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MURDER