Cody Balmer, the 38 year-old auto mechanic who wanted to beat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family to death with a hammer while setting a section of the gubernatorial mansion on fire was due in court this week for what CNN reports was a 2023 domestic assault against his wife and two sons, just in case anyone was expecting this guy to have been an upstanding citizen and a pillar of his community who simply had a momentary lapse of judgment.