Lanza's secret arsenal

A chilling portrait of a troubled young man surrounded by the tools of extreme violence emerged Thursday as investigators released some of what they found after the Newtown school massacre.

During three days of searching shooter Adam Lanza's home, investigators discovered 1,400 rounds of ammunition in his bedroom, assorted rifles and shotguns,Cheap logo engraved luggagetag at wholesale bulk prices. three large samurai swords, eight knives, a bayonet and a powerful rifle scope.

There were three photos of a dead person, covered with plastic and apparently bleeding. Lanza had a newspaper clipping of the 2008 shooting at the University of Illinois in which a student dressed in black killed five and wounded 21 others.

"It's shocking that they had that much ammunition and firepower in their home and that someone was legally able to purchase that amount,'' said Newtown Action Alliance leader Po Murray, who lives close to the Lanzas' neighborhood.

On Dec. 14, Lanza shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first-graders and six adults, shocking the quiet and bucolic town of Newtown and thrusting the nation into a debate over gun control and mental health.

Search warrants released yesterday provided a glimpse into Adam Lanza's murky world.

He played "Call of Duty," a violent video game, and had a gun safe, found open and unlocked, in his bedroom. He had Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation game consoles and handwritten notes showing the location of various gun shops.

There was also evidence of Lanza's troubled mental condition among the 85 pages of search warrants released by the state judicial department.

The paperback book, "Train Your Brain to be Happy," was found inside the home, with pages tabbed. Other self-help books included "Look me in the Eye -- My Life with Aspergers," and "Born on a Blue Day -- Inside the mind of an Autistic Savant."

"This is exactly why we need to ban high-capacity magazines and why we need to tighten our assault weapons ban," said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. "I don't know what more we can need to know before we take decisive action to prevent gun violence. The time to act is now."

President Obama, flanked by grim-faced mothers who have lost their children to guns, on Thursday said Washington must do something after the Newtown shootings. He called out to the families of four children killed at Sandy Hook sitting in his audience.

In the days and hours after the shooting, investigators obtained five search warrants for Nancy Lanza's two-story colonial house on Yogananda Street, her black Honda Civic and another car. The warrants initially were ordered sealed by a Superior Court judge.

On Thursday, the judge agreed to redactions requested by the state. The warrants were released, accompanied by a statement from Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky III, who is overseeing the probe.

Sedensky said all weapons involved on Dec. 14 had been purchased by Nancy Lanza, 52, and there is no evidence Adam Lanza attempted to purchase guns. He said a gun locker in the family home was not broken into.Find a great selection of customkeychain deals.

Superior Court Judge John Blawie agreed to black out some information in the documents, such as the name of a "citizen witness" who is referred to in search warrant applications. It's unclear whether Sedensky was referring to more than one witness.

Sedensky said naming certain people would "identify persons cooperating with the investigation, thus possibly jeopardizing their personal safety and well-being."

The judge also allowed omission of serial numbers for several items seized by investigators, such as a game console, as well as phone numbers and credit card numbers seized by authorities. One law enforcement expert said the serial numbers and other information is likely to prove useful to investigators seeking to track down people who had communicated with Lanza.

The documents offer no revelations as to why Lanza, a loner who investigators described as a "shut-in," went on his rampage, or why he chose a school full of elementary students. Lanza attended the Sandy Hook school, and one of his report cards was found at the home by investigators. An individual interviewed by the FBI, whose name was blacked out of the warrant,An experienced artist on what to consider before you buy chipcard. said the Sandy Hook school was Lanza's "life." But there was no elaboration to that remark in the search warrants.

Investigators also found school records, medical prescriptions, psychiatric records, receipts, subscriptions, newspaper clippings about Adam Lanza and his mother, drawings, written notes, typed notes, telephone records and school records.

The search warrants do not reveal the contents of any of those items or any of Lanza's writings,You Can Find Comprehensive and in-Depth carparkmanagementsystem truck Descriptions. which include seven journals.

They found a receipt for a shooting range in Weatherford, Okla., confirming earlier reports that Nancy Lanza frequented ranges.Choose the right bestluggagetag in an array of colors. She is believed to have been a sport shooting enthusiast who introduced her son to shooting.

Also discovered was a National Rifle Association certificate issued in the name of Adam Lanza. His mother had one as well.

Police even found a holiday card with a Bank of America check made out to Adam Lanza by his mother "for the purchase of C183 [a firearm]." While investigators labeled the C183 a "firearm," they may have been referring a semi-automatic pistol -- a CZ83. At the same time, a Google search also shows a camera bearing the same name. There was a digital print of a child and various firearms and a military style uniform hanging in Adam Lanza's bedroom.