McLaughlin is the son of a sheriff's deputy and a hunter. His apparent familiarity with guns means "they are lucky they did not lose more kids in Cold Spring," said Michael Obsatz, a sociology professor at Macalester College in St. Paul who specializes in bullying and school violence.
When asked whether the gun McLaughlin used might have belonged to his father [a Stearns County deputy sheriff], [state BCA investigator Tim] O'Malley said the weapon -- a .22-caliber Colt semiautomatic pistol -- isn't one typically issued to police.
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