12-17-2012, 01:49 AM
0
I have not found any info yet on what condition the guns were kept, however I strongly believe there was minimal/no securing or the kid had the the keys and or codes to the safe. Due to a few things, the mother was killed in the house, if they were locked up and he had some kind of resistance to getting to the firearms there would have been some form of struggle between them the report on that was he simply shot her in the face and she was caught off guard. Anyone in my house that goes for my safes and I saw it there would be a confrontation. Another reason that I believe access to guns was easy is in the police reports they speak about the other guns police found in the house that the mother owned. Had the son had to break into her safe or tamper with locks it might have had mention in the police report.
A good safe it doesn't matter how old you are cracking it is hard and damage to the locks is evident, it would be a one time deal. My safe has a digital lock and takes a locksmith a good 30-40 minutes to open and holes have to be drilled through the door to gain access to the mechanism. S&G combo locks which are standard on decent gun safes take about the same due to the complexity of the tumblers. The another way to access a decent safe is sawing out the side or an axe but that only works on lower end models.
Another thing I have been thinking is this kid seemed pretty familiar with the firearms due to the death toll and the caliber of the guns used. Here is my take on why, he might have had some shooting time with the bushmaster because that is a rifle and at his age he can legally own one in that state however he did not own any firearms. This leads me to believe the mother might have taken her mentally ill son to the gun range a few times for that. A first timer with a AR style rifle which the bushmaster is will not do too well especially with adrenaline flowing.
Legally he was not of age to own a hand gun so he should have had little to no time with handguns but again either the mother or father took him to the range because the father owns two guns as well. Being able to kill someone with a 10mm glock with little to no practice is hard to say the least its muzzle flip is insane the 9mm might been a bit more doable without training.
Ear protection, someone that's never shot before would most likely over look needing ear protection since they never shot before.This would hurt accuracy as well with the twitching a person would do when firing.
This kid was labeled mentally ill and diagnosed with multiple personalities for a long time before this event,someone in his family was irresponsible on some level and in a sense assisted him in having the ability to mass murder.
A good safe it doesn't matter how old you are cracking it is hard and damage to the locks is evident, it would be a one time deal. My safe has a digital lock and takes a locksmith a good 30-40 minutes to open and holes have to be drilled through the door to gain access to the mechanism. S&G combo locks which are standard on decent gun safes take about the same due to the complexity of the tumblers. The another way to access a decent safe is sawing out the side or an axe but that only works on lower end models.
Another thing I have been thinking is this kid seemed pretty familiar with the firearms due to the death toll and the caliber of the guns used. Here is my take on why, he might have had some shooting time with the bushmaster because that is a rifle and at his age he can legally own one in that state however he did not own any firearms. This leads me to believe the mother might have taken her mentally ill son to the gun range a few times for that. A first timer with a AR style rifle which the bushmaster is will not do too well especially with adrenaline flowing.
Legally he was not of age to own a hand gun so he should have had little to no time with handguns but again either the mother or father took him to the range because the father owns two guns as well. Being able to kill someone with a 10mm glock with little to no practice is hard to say the least its muzzle flip is insane the 9mm might been a bit more doable without training.
Ear protection, someone that's never shot before would most likely over look needing ear protection since they never shot before.This would hurt accuracy as well with the twitching a person would do when firing.
This kid was labeled mentally ill and diagnosed with multiple personalities for a long time before this event,someone in his family was irresponsible on some level and in a sense assisted him in having the ability to mass murder.