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malaise

(268,885 posts)
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 07:10 PM Oct 2015

Just 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 OP
If this info is accurate, the mom was into guns Crabby Appleton Oct 2015 #1
She's nuttier than squirrel shit. nt hifiguy Oct 2015 #2
Ah. Another responsible and law abiding gun owner. Crunchy Frog Oct 2015 #4
That's not the intention of the 2a... one_voice Oct 2015 #6
Shades of Nancy Lanza, she is lucky he didn't shoot her first!!! winstars Oct 2015 #9
Very lucky n/t malaise Oct 2015 #11
I'd like to hear her -- a nurse -- try to explain pacalo Oct 2015 #10
Well remember Bushco encouraged doctors to torture malaise Oct 2015 #14
She sounds like a few folks here n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2015 #12
does the mother onethatcares Oct 2015 #3
The parents have to feel horrible. So sad for them also. nt Logical Oct 2015 #5
Indeed malaise Oct 2015 #8
"the only reason for a gun is to kill" PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #7
wonder if mom has ever treated gun shot wounds olddots Oct 2015 #13

Crabby Appleton

(5,231 posts)
1. If this info is accurate, the mom was into guns
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 07:38 PM
Oct 2015
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.




pacalo

(24,721 posts)
10. I'd like to hear her -- a nurse -- try to explain
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 08:59 PM
Oct 2015

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
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:26 AM
Oct 2015

detainees -the disconnect between some folks and their professions is palpable.

onethatcares

(16,165 posts)
3. does the mother
Sat Oct 3, 2015, 07:43 PM
Oct 2015

have penis envy? Does she drive a 4 wheel drive mega pick up with duallies and all that?

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