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The claim of two extra mags is tracked down to a tweet from someone in the Admin. Besides, CCW folk say carrying two extra mags is normal and most of them on reddit said they carried extra, not for the firepower, because of malfunctions.
Not to mention that it wasn’t many moons ago that the right was insistent on the right to carry high capacity magazines. In any event, carrying extra magazines is pretty common among those who carry pistols.
God how the voices of all those gun rights folks are shouting in my memory.
Now they seem to be against carrying extra magazines.
My guess? Alex was an ICU nurse who worked at the VA. Like most medical workers, he probably worked long shifts, either going to work or getting off at odd hours. He most likely carried for personal protection.