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The Straight Story

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 01:41 PM Mar 2013

Newtown gunman Adam Lanza 'had weapons arsenal'

The young man who killed 27 people in a massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, owned an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, court papers show.

More than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, a bayonet, several swords and knives were among the items found in a search of Adam Lanza's home.

Details of the searches were publicised after a court seal lapsed on Wednesday.

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In the gunman's two-storey family home, investigators found a bayonet, a gun safe in Lanza's bedroom, three samurai swords and about 10 knives, according to search warrants.

Several guns were retrieved: a .323-calibre Enfield Albian bolt-action rifle, a .22-calibre Savage Mark II rifle, a BB gun and a .22-calibre Volcanic starter pistol, according to the papers.

The documents showed the gunman's mother, 52-year-old Nancy Lanza, had written a cheque for her son to buy a weapon and placed it in a holiday card.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21969906

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Newtown gunman Adam Lanza 'had weapons arsenal' (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP
Well, I'm glad the mother is dead. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #1
Mom was really plugged in to the situation there BeyondGeography Mar 2013 #2
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