Man arrested in videotaped threat to California university

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Amy Taxin and Michael Balsamo, Associated Press
 Updated 6:15 pm, Monday, November 6, 2017

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man who posted videos of himself holding guns and smiling while describing his desire to go on a killing rampage has been arrested after threatening a staff member at a private university in Southern California that he attended, authorities said Monday.

David Kenneth Smith, 39, pleaded not guilty to a charge of making criminal threats after authorities received a report about an email exchange he had with a staff member at Soka University in Aliso Viejo last week.
 
Smith had been emailing the employee about discipline he faced for marijuana use when he attended the university in 2008. He then sent a link to a YouTube video showing him in a bathtub with a semi-automatic pistol on his chest speaking about the school, said Jaimee Blashaw, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
 
In the video, Smith said college employees "never liked me" and described being repeatedly fined for residence hall violations and accused of stealing another student's belongings. He said he filed complaints with the school against several employees, including a dean.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Man-accused-of-gun-threat-to-California-university-12335660.php

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[Glorfindel]

1. Wow...the very image of a "good guy with a gun." The NRA would be so proud!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Another canoe-eyed psychopath incapable of feeling empathy. Not too bright (thank goodness). . nt

[bucolic_frolic]

3. If everybody with a half-baked grudge is going to arm themselves

these events are going to be ongoing for decades

[tblue37]

4. "Smith said college employees 'never liked me.' " To be honest, I don't like him either. nt

[ToxMarz]

5. "Smith had been emailing the employee about discipline he faced for marijuana use when he attended

the University in 2008". He is 39 year old now! So he was 29 then, living in a residence hall and smoking pot. He should have had his friggin Doctorate by that time. Something's oddddd.

[ProudLib72]

7. You thought of that, too, huh?

This is what we call a "non-traditional" student, but I think he might just go beyond the regular definition.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Mark my word...

this guy will be asking the judge for his guns back. With a million dollar bail, probably not too soon.

Article says he graduated in 2008 but still holds the grudge. Big-time fear and anger issues.

[MrScorpio]

8. Another 2nd Amendment Poster Boy

America is full of them

[iluvtennis]

9. Very similar thing happened with the Aurora Colorado Movie Theater shooter. He was at University

of Colorado. He ended up killing 12 people and maiming/injuring 70 others. Only thing that reduced the casualties was that his assault rifle jammed on him.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)