Randy Loughner hasn't worked for years according to media reports. Apparently his wife was the bread winner in the family.
Further, the father asked Jared where he was going on the morning of the incident. Jared was leaving with a black bag. The father was mad and pursued him in the truck. Jared walked away and then took a taxi. It appears as though the father tried to stop him but he escaped.
The media and some observers seem to have a problem with understanding the weapon and the time line of shooting. It was a Glock 19 with extended clip. The Glocks can fire semi automatic which means you pull the trigger for each shot and full auto which means you simply hold the trigger depressed and the gun fires itself continuously. Here's a video of the Glock 18 on full auto. Stunning, 298 shots: *( Note the drum clip at the end )>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBjUDCyDCuI
Here's the Glock shot on semi-auto. Note the poor accuracy. But still rapid fire. It's the shooter producing poor accuracy not the gun.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vid...eos&FORM=VIRE5
Yesterday I dropped in to our main gun, ammo, bow, hunting, fishing store and talked to the gun counter salesmen. They said it's too early to tell yet if the Giffords incident set off a run on Glock purchases but handgun sales have been really active. They normally sell out Glocks fast.
Here in my county a training session is mandatory for obtaining a gun permit. They said the instructor told them that in past years the class size was 5 or 6 people but since the Obama administration the October 2010 class size was 200 people !
Here's another good video describing the Glock, which is very popular and a best seller, and it's performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri5AyXzxb4o