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kentuck

(112,300 posts) Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:54 PM Dec 2012

Was the shooter of the children a member of the NRA

If so, so much for the good guy vs bad guy argument.

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Was the shooter of the children a member of the NRA (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2012 OP

Not likely. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #1

Very likely, his mother was. kentuck Dec 2012 #3

I would not be surprised if the owner of the guns he used was n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #2

Telegraph reported both mother and father were Republican. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(119,273 posts)

1. Not likely.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:57 PM

Dec 2012

From the descriptions of him, it sounds like he was a disturbed loner who never joined anything. He wasn't a "gun nut," as far as we know (that is, someone who collected or was especially interested in guns and shooting), although his mother might have been.

kentuck

(112,300 posts)

3. Very likely, his mother was.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:01 PM

Dec 2012

And if I were a betting person, I would bet he was a card-carrying member also.

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)

2. I would not be surprised if the owner of the guns he used was n/t

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 12:58 PM

Dec 2012

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

4. Telegraph reported both mother and father were Republican.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:26 PM

Dec 2012

And several other reports sail the Newton area is pretty conservative. Quite possibly the mother belonged to NRA, if she got gun-training through them, or if membership was required at local gun-range.
Unknown if son was a member. Son didn't own any firearms, he took them from mother.

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