Update: Friends Say Man Who Shot Multiple Pittsburgh Officers Feared 'Obama Gun Ban That's on the Way'

KDKA: 23 year-old Richard Poplawski’s friends at the scene described him as a young man who thought the Obama administration would ban guns.



One friend, Edward Perkovic, said Poplawski feared “the Obama gun ban that’s on the way” and “didn’t like our rights being infringed upon.”



Another longtime friend, Aaron Vire, said he feared that President Obama was going to take away his rights, though he said he “wasn’t violently against Obama.”