No surprise here: Feds: Va. standoff suspect was angry at government

,,,,,he had been in the Marines for 20 years and was proud of his military experience. On Thursday, military officials could not immediately locate any record that Taylor served.

In the last few years, the gunman told Oliver and the others, his life had headed south. He said his son had been killed in Afghanistan; the AP could not immediately find any record corroborating that.

The gunman said he had no money, and his 2007 red Dodge diesel pickup truck was about to be repossessed. Mostly, he railed against the government — high taxes, gun control, and President Barack Obama.

“He was really down on the government,” Oliver said. “About the government taking over the right to bear arms … he was angry at the government overtaxing us.”