Gunman in Oregon massacre was turned away from firearms academy

[yuiyoshida]

ROSEBURG, Ore. - The gunman slain by police after he killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon college was once turned away from a firearms academy by an instructor who recalled finding him "weird" and "a little bit too anxious" for high-level weapons training.
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Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, who moved to Oregon from the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, California, was officially identified on Friday as the assailant in the rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which ranks as the deadliest among dozens of US mass shootings in the past two years.

According to accounts of survivors, the gunman stormed into the classroom of his introductory writing class to shoot the professor at point-blank range, then began picking off other victims one at a time as he questioned each about their religion and whether they were Christians.

Harper-Mercer had a monthlong stint in the Army in 2008 and a preoccupation with weaponry that dated back at least two years.

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[Rex]

1. He must have got kicked out of Army basic training.

Which is sad since almost anyone can get through basic training.

[wordpix]

2. he also did not like his Eng. prof---too many papers, maybe

There should be a way for firearms instructors to inform the federal/state registry that guys like this should not be able to buy guns.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. There should be a way for English professors to inform fed/state registries.

[Duckhunter935]

3. Yep

Especially back then, they took anybody. I know we train the follow on AIT