Oregon gunman turned away from private firearms training academy

[ellenrr]

Harper-Mercer's preoccupation with firearms dated back at least to 2012 or 2013, when he sought to register for training at Seven 4 Para, a private self-defense and law enforcement academy in Torrance, California, where he lived at the time, said Eloy Way, president and head instructor for the center.

"We wanted him to take a beginner safety course, and he was trying to tell me that he already had experience with firearms, and I didn't get a good feeling about him, so I turned him down," Way told Reuters.

"He was just kind of a weird guy and seemed kind of spoiled, immature," Way recalled. "He was a little bit too anxious to get high-level training, and there was no reason for it."

Way's concerns that Harper-Mercer might misuse the training he would receive at the academy proved prescient.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/03/us-usa-shooting-oregon-idUSKCN0RV5EP20151003

[Skittles]

1. "......I didn't get a good feeling about him"

imagine how fucked up he had to be for this place to turn him away

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. Yeah How weird is it that a professional training establishment would act professionally?

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Indeed

It's kinda like seeking flight training and acting like a weird motherfucker. Except, of course, those people actually reported it.

"Gotta real bad feeling about a dude with lots of guns. Did fuck all about it."

Should we get the medal for this gunner now, or later?

[LukeFL]

4. As I understand it the mother

Bought him firearms as well. The mother should be held responsible too