UCF student Chris Velasquez told police he was just one life-altering event — like getting fired or going through a breakup — from gathering the “courage” to open fire on an Orlando school, according to court records.

His dad owned a revolver. He had experience in a shooting range. He resented being the target of bullies in school. And, police said, he made violent comments online — and craved the “adrenaline rush” of carrying out a mass shooting.

Earlier this month, Orlando police used Florida’s new gun legislation, passed in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in South Florida, to temporarily bar him from owning any weapons or ammunition.