Any research on this guy's dad?

Travis Reinking, the 29-year-old man suspected of killing four people at a Waffle House in Nashville, apparently was able to access his firearms — even though they had been confiscated by authorities months earlier when he tried to breach a barrier near the White House.

Reinking was in Washington, with the hope of meeting President Donald Trump. While there, he tried to cross a security barrier at the White House complex, causing him to get apprehended by authorities. The FBI office in Springfield, Illinois — near Reinking's hometown of Morton — confiscated his guns and revoked his license to legally own them.

At the time that Reinking breached the White House barrier, he explained that he was a "sovereign citizen," a term that is most popular among anti-government extremists on the right. According to USA Today

According to one sheriff’s report from May 27, 2016, he “was delusional and believed the famous entertainer, Taylor Swift, was harassing him via stalking and hacking his phone.” It added that he said he found Ms. Swift at a Dairy Queen in Morton and chased her before she disappeared.

Yet Reinking's extremist language, attempt to enter the White House and violent past was unable to keep the guns out of his hands. Illinois gun laws allow confiscated weapons to be returned to a family member of the person who had had them confiscated, even if the original possessor himself can not own them.

Reinking's father received the guns back from authorities and, in turn, is believed to have given them to his son. Sheriff Robert M. Huston of Tazewell County said that he did not know how Reinking came back into possession of his guns, although the Nashville police have indicated they believe the father returned them to his son.

"For a moment, let’s be honest about what happened. Last night, innocent Nashvillians were terrorized by a man with an AR-15. Let’s be honest. Some people see these weapons as having a purpose of terrorizing other people. It’s happening too much," Nashville Mayor David Briley, a Democrat, declared after the shooting, arguing that it proved America needs stricter gun regulations.

AR-15s have become particularly notorious in recent years due to their disproportionate use in mass shootings, according to USA Today.

https:// www.salon.com/2018/04/23/waffle-house-shooter-travis-reinking-should-not-have-had-the-ar-15-he-used-to-kill/