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Eugene

(62,626 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 05:44 AM Sep 2015

Father of Washington state teen gunman 'slipped' through system: reports

Source: Reuters

US | Wed Sep 23, 2015 2:12am EDT

Father of Washington state teen gunman 'slipped' through system: reports

The father of a Washington state high school student who killed four classmates before committing suicide last year was able to "slip" through the system to get the firearm his son used, media reports quoted federal prosecutors as saying on Tuesday.

Raymond Fryberg, 42, is facing six counts of illegal possession of firearms in violation of a 2002 court protection order that barred him from obtaining guns, an indictment shows.

Among the weapons were a rifle, a shotgun and a Beretta Px4 Storm handgun. His son Jaylen Fryberg used the Beretta in the Oct. 24 shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, about an hour's drive north of Seattle.

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Defense attorney John Henry Browne said Raymond Fryberg underwent a thorough federal background check when he applied for a concealed weapons permit in 2013 and his record came up clean, the Seattle Times reported.

“Mr. Fryberg believed in good faith he was allowed to own and possess firearms," the attorney said, according to the newspaper.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/23/us-usa-washington-shooting-idUSKCN0RN0GN20150923
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Father of Washington state teen gunman 'slipped' through system: reports (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2015 OP
He just forgot about that court order... Human101948 Sep 2015 #1
Pass these laws, and they just eat 'em. nt Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #2
 

Human101948

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1. He just forgot about that court order...
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 05:58 AM
Sep 2015

I don't know how lawyers can say such ridiculous things with a straight face.

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