HUGGY
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Question: How does an unemployed medical student afford $20,000 in weapons gear?
Someone else taught this guy these skills and funded the acquisition of the equipment.
If you start to look at the really big picture here, the obvious question arises: How does an unemployed medical student afford all the complex weapons gear, bomb-making gear, "flammable" booby trap devices, ammunition, multiple magazines, bullet-proof vest, groin protection, ballistic helmet, SWAT uniform and all the rest of it?
A decent AR-15 rifle costs $1,000 or more all by itself. The shotgun and handgun might run another $800 total. Spare mags, sights, slings, and so on will run you at least another $1,000 across three firearms. The bullet-proof vest is easily another $800, and the cost of the bomb-making gear is anybody's guess. With all the specialty body gear, ammunition, booby-trap devices and more, I'm guessing this is at least $20,000 in weapons and tactical gear, much of which is very difficult for civilians to get in the first place.
He probably started out by being bored and robbed some banks. That's my guess as to how he got "funded". It could be that he just enjoyed the excitement and control of the bank jobs and it all lead up to this. There may be nothing more to it than that.