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Firearms revealed that the shooter 26yearold chris harper f rcer brought six guns with him ts ang his rampage yesterday at gunsua Community College. He wore a flank jacket with thosl plates and had an extra five magazines of ammunition. Mercer lso found another seven of hit his home. All of those firearms, all 13 of them, were purchased legally facording to the atf within the mest three years by mercer poutedf or by members of his family. This morning weve also learned that mercer left a multipage e. Te at the scene of the shooting in which he spouted what Law Enforcement describes as a philos...

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