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Read Replies (2) | Respond to Oregon Shooter Had 13 Firearms, Was 'Obsessed ' With Guns ALL 13 GUNS WERE PURCHASED LEGALLY newser.com AP reports. Authorities found seven additional firearms inside the shooter's apartment a few miles from Umpqua Community College. All 13 firearms had been purchased legally, and seven of them had been bought by the shooter or his family in the past three years. The 26-year-old shooter was obsessed with guns, enjoyed military history, and left behind an "angry, hate-filled" note, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. Those sources say he was anti-religion, anti-government, and had "white supremacy leanings."Oregonian notes that tabloids looking into the shooter's online presence have described him as a "Nazi paraphernalia devotee." It's been previously reported the shooter targeted Christians during his rampage, described himself as "conservative, Republican" on a dating site, showed support for the IRA on social media, and had recently uploaded a documentary on the Sandy Hook school shooting to a torrent site. According to the AP, the shooter may have been an Umpqua student; he bought textbooks at the campus bookstore two days before the shooting. He is not believed to have a criminal history. The shooter was killed during a confrontation with police.
