The father of the Oregon school shooter spoke out on CNN yesterday about the tragic shooting and his son being able to get his hands on over a dozen weapons.
Ian Mercer, the father of Chris Harper Mercer, spoke to CNN’s Ryan Young and said his heart goes out to the victims’ families for the loss they’ve suffered.
Ian Mercer, the father of Chris Harper Mercer, spoke to CNN’s Ryan Young and said his heart goes out to the victims’ families for the loss they’ve suffered.
Mercer did speak at some length about guns, wondering how his son got them in the first place and saying he had no idea he had any weapons:
“How on earth could he compile 13 guns? How can that happen, you know? They talk about gun laws, they talk about gun control. Every time something like this happens they talk about it and nothing is done. I’m not trying to say that’s to blame for what happened, but if Chris hadn’t been able to get ahold of 13 guns it wouldn’t have happened.”
Video at Mediaite
According to local police he got ahold of every one of his guns legally.
Now imagine if his sojourn through a high school for emotional cripples had been on his record even across state lines.
And why didn’t dad have anything to say about the photoshopping by CNN of his son’s color, eye brows, lips, hair and nose?
13 guns; a CHEAP gun costs $200. So, there is, at the absolute minimum $2600 this but more likely in the neighborhood of $5-6 thousand, this 26 year old was able to spend on guns. What kind of job did this isolated, despondent loser have to have that kind of cash laying around?
Oh, that’s right… he was 26 years old and living with Mommy. Mommy, did it never occur to you to ask Sonny why he was buying all those guns? No?
Is there a proposed gun control law to take over the jobs of parents?