So the guy can only get minimum wage jobs and has student loan debt, but somehow can afford to continue on in a PhD program, has a car, apartment, 2 glocks (about $550 each), an AR-15 with a drum mag and an eotech sight ($2000), a Remington Shotgun (not sure on this one, but probably about $700), body armor tear gas, and a gas mask (not sure on these either, but definately not cheap.
.... read this on another site but it raises some questions. It is said his family is well off so maybe they were funding him, who knows.
All one would need is a credit card with a few grand limit. Maybe his parents gave him one.