Naw, he’s an old man spouting off. Nothing in the article suggested he had any real plan to go through with it other than he actually owned a gun. Also, people who really mean to go on a shooting spree generally don’t talk about going on a shooting spree with strangers at a gun range. Only people spouting off with false bravado do that.
Like I said, you have to read the criminal complaint: not the article.
The UC had been playing “friend” for weeks, and pumping the old guy up about how muslims the UC had done contract work for were screwing him.
The old guy even offered to pop the imaginary muslim for the UC to keep his “friend” in the clear.