That’s a fairly large sum of money for an 18 year working a part time job at Wendy’s to come up with. Then it’s the logistics of getting the weapons set up with no one noticing????
If he only worked 20n hrs a week at $15.00/hr
For a year
And had no expenses
Do the math
What? $15hr @ 30hr per week is $450 a week. That’s well over $9000 in 5 month’s time which is what he had before he turned 18. In Texas you are an adult at 17 eligible for full time employment regardless of if you are still in high school. He worked at Wendy’s for at least 6 months that’s $10000+ in earned money. Since he didn’t pay his living expenses he pocketed all that money. Taxes on it would be minimal he would have gotten EITC and more money back from the Fed’s then be paid in income taxes. Knowing that he could have told Wendy’s to not withhold at the full rate he could claim himself even if it was fraud what would it have mattered. So yeah with a fast food job and no living expenses one could easily get $6000 in saving with a little discipline in savings. Clearly he was saving money he freely told his co-workers the only reason he was working was to buy guns.
In Texas buying two guns in a couple of weeks is nothing. I’ve bought a dozen or more at a time only pistols are reported in multiple purchases. The local CNC gun shop here will sell you a dozen AR lowers fully kitted minus the stock but with buffer assembly for $145 each no one blinks this is Texas and not everyone is a poor.