Memorial to the dead at the San Ysidro McDonalds

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald's_massacre

Huberty, a survivalist, saw signs of growing trouble in America, believing that government meddling and regulation was the cause of business failures and unemployment, including his own. He believed that international bankers were purposefully manipulating the Federal Reserve System and bankrupting the nation. Convinced that Soviet aggression was everywhere, he believed that the breakdown of society was near, perhaps through economic collapse or nuclear war. He committed himself to prepare to survive this coming collapse and while in Canton, provisioned his house with thousands of dollars of non-perishable food and six guns that he intended to use to defend his home during the coming chaos. When he moved from Ohio, he left the food behind but brought the guns with him.[3]

Mitchell, Richard Sheppard (2002). Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-0-226-53244-8.

The Suspect lived in Baja (briefly):
In January 1984, the Huberty family left Canton and briefly stayed in Tijuana, Mexico before settling in San Ysidro. He was able to find work as a security guard in San Ysidro; however, he was dismissed from this position two weeks before the shooting. His apartment was three blocks away from the site of the massacre.