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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust saw the father of the Oregon killer on CNN
He is English with a Cockney accept not Irish as I had thought initially - he did not know how his son had one gun let alone 13 - said the only reason for a gun is to kill and something has to be done about gun laws in the US.
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Just saw the father of the Oregon killer on CNN (Original Post)
malaise
Oct 2015
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Crabby Appleton
(5,231 posts)1. If this info is accurate, the mom was into guns
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mom-oregon-shooter-bragged-weapons-online-report-article-1.2383689
Mom of Oregon shooter bragged about her arsenal of weapons online: report
The mother of the rage-filled loner who shot and killed nine people at an Oregon community college blasted opponents of open-carry laws and bragged about her personal arsenal of weapons online, according to reports.
Laurel Harper, a nurse who shared an apartment near the Umpqua Community College campus with her troubled 26-year-old son Chris Harper Mercer, boasted on Facebook that she owned a stockpile of handguns and assault rifles,
according to vocativ.com.
The mother of the rage-filled loner who shot and killed nine people at an Oregon community college blasted opponents of open-carry laws and bragged about her personal arsenal of weapons online, according to reports.
Laurel Harper, a nurse who shared an apartment near the Umpqua Community College campus with her troubled 26-year-old son Chris Harper Mercer, boasted on Facebook that she owned a stockpile of handguns and assault rifles,
according to vocativ.com.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)2. She's nuttier than squirrel shit. nt
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)4. Ah. Another responsible and law abiding gun owner.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)6. That's not the intention of the 2a...
She's a nut.
winstars
(4,219 posts)9. Shades of Nancy Lanza, she is lucky he didn't shoot her first!!!
malaise
(268,885 posts)11. Very lucky n/t
pacalo
(24,721 posts)10. I'd like to hear her -- a nurse -- try to explain
why she had no reservations about owning those weapons when her son was mentally ill.
malaise
(268,885 posts)14. Well remember Bushco encouraged doctors to torture
detainees -the disconnect between some folks and their professions is palpable.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)12. She sounds like a few folks here n/m
onethatcares
(16,165 posts)3. does the mother
have penis envy? Does she drive a 4 wheel drive mega pick up with duallies and all that?
Logical
(22,457 posts)5. The parents have to feel horrible. So sad for them also. nt
Sad for all the victims and all the families
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)7. "the only reason for a gun is to kill"
Truth.
olddots
(10,237 posts)13. wonder if mom has ever treated gun shot wounds
low life scum .