Being mentally ill and having an episode is one thing, but he (they) still drove around with a gun which isn't a normal Canadian thing to do--illegally obtained, unlicensed gun at that. Recipe for intent to shoot someone IMO. I think ever since he obtained the gun, he might have been itching to use it. IMO. I mean, why else did he want to risk his neck to buy an illegal gun? If for a hobby, why not buy a legal gun?
I was wondering if DM didn't carry his weapon with him all the time. MS had seen it just lying about at DM's residence, not put away or anything, just ready to grab and go, or come home and put on the hall table along with his keys, whatever. He seemed to always have a murse with him.. what would he need a murse for? He didn't smoke cigarettes.. he kept cash in his pants pockets. Also, remembering when LE showed up at the hangar on May 10th, DM fetched his murse. At the time, it was suspected that even if police had a search warrant at that point, they likely may not have had one which would allow a search of person, so he made sure to have the murse on his person. No idea, but I was thinking he prob carried it with him all the time, and that could be another potential reason for MS to not have considered this theft to be different from any other, if he even knew that DM had a gun with him. moo