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Oregon gunman was Army dropout who studied mass shooters
Yahoo! News / The Associated Press ^ | October 2, 2015 | Jeff Barnard and Martha Mendoza

Posted on 10/02/2015 1:36:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire in a community college English class, killing nine, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.

A day after the rampage in an Oregon timber town, authorities said Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, who died during a shootout with police, wore a flak jacket and brought at least six guns and five ammunition magazines to the school. Investigators found another seven guns at the apartment he shared with his mother.

The weapons had all been purchased legally over the past three years, some by him, others by relatives...

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: army; banglist; oregon; shooting; umpqua
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1 posted on 10/02/2015 1:36:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You have to be a real looser to flunk out of Army Boot Camp.

Maybe the FBI should track these types?


2 posted on 10/02/2015 1:39:32 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: CGASMIA68

Has anyone figured out where the name Mercer comes from?


3 posted on 10/02/2015 1:39:59 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: CGASMIA68

Even without the hair he reminds me of pajama boy.


4 posted on 10/02/2015 1:41:18 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
...and brought at least six guns and five ammunition magazines...

I'm struggling with the math. I'd want at least one magazine per gun.

5 posted on 10/02/2015 1:41:45 PM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So the news said earlier today, no history of mental illness, no criminal record.

So exactly short of confiscation from everyone, how do the lib whiners today propose to stop guys like this?

Or did I already provide their answer?


6 posted on 10/02/2015 1:42:06 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Eliminate "Sanctuary Cities" and "birthright citizenship" and other immigration scams)
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To: CGASMIA68

Dorkbama the Muslim coukd never have gotten into boot camp...except fir using fake credentials like he (or others) did for his politicak career.
However, he woukd most certainly been ekiminated for low abilities in everything.


7 posted on 10/02/2015 1:42:14 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: RummyChick

Torrance, California is what I’ve seen.


8 posted on 10/02/2015 1:42:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Da Coyote

Gasp, please excuse my iPad typing...yup, didn’t proof it. Another Dorkbama the Muslim moment.


9 posted on 10/02/2015 1:43:48 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If I was the FBI, I would start investigation Mulattos. They seem to cause a disproportional amount of problems to America.


10 posted on 10/02/2015 1:44:12 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: Senator_Blutarski
If you can find a magazine for my Ruger GP100, I'd be obliged ... I can't find 'em anywhere!!!

;'}

11 posted on 10/02/2015 1:44:15 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All that’s missing is a “Born to Lose” tattoo.


12 posted on 10/02/2015 1:44:39 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Yes you did answer already.


13 posted on 10/02/2015 1:44:40 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

They always act like law abiding citizens do these things, and this time is no different.

Notice they are not talking up the recent muslim convert angle.


14 posted on 10/02/2015 1:45:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I will say this. If I was a licensed firearms dealer, and a guy that looked like him came in to my shop, I wouldn’t sell him a gun no matter how many background checks he passed.

And as a private citizen, I would never sell a gun from my [former because they all got lost in a TBA] collection to a person who looks like him.

I don’t sell guns to people with dead eyes.


15 posted on 10/02/2015 1:47:04 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

Maybe one of them was a revolver.


16 posted on 10/02/2015 1:47:23 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: RummyChick; maggief

His father (he is British) and half sister were on last night. They were appalled. Hadn’t had much to do with him for years
Maggie said mom was AA. That may be where the “black lives matter” mentioned in British press yesterday came from


17 posted on 10/02/2015 1:47:47 PM PDT by hoosiermama (If Obama canÂ’t convince Americans heÂ’s not a moslem then it certainly isnÂ’t TrumpÂ’s job to do s)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Maybe they could put “Gun Free Zone” in neon lights. That will certainly stop murderers.


18 posted on 10/02/2015 1:47:48 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
... wore a flak jacket ...

Clearly we need more flak jacket control laws!

19 posted on 10/02/2015 1:48:53 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: windsorknot

I actual once saw a guy in a bar with that tattoo, except it was worded (and I swear I am not lying): “Born to Loose”.


20 posted on 10/02/2015 1:49:58 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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