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Questions about Las Vegas
Flopping Aces ^ | 10-10-17 | John Velisek USN (Ret.)

Posted on 10/10/2017 8:28:45 AM PDT by Starman417

Edited on 10/10/2017 8:51:53 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: lacrew
Read there was a place in the dessert not too far from his home where shooters regularly went.

There's another of his friends/associates who was shown his "gun room".

One of the dealers said he was no novice.

Girlfriend was in the car while he was making a purchase. (She knows soooooo much more...but not about the event itself.)

21 posted on 10/10/2017 9:11:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Starman417

Skepticism abounds around the official story and for damn good reason. It’s a crock.


22 posted on 10/10/2017 9:12:13 AM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

Just saw the complete headshot. Nothing under the chin. Blew his brains out.


23 posted on 10/10/2017 9:14:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Starman417

“Paddock, an out of shape former accountant with no military training is not capable of pulling this off by himself. With no experience in guns, how could he have fired as rapidly and accurately as he did. As a military veteran and have experience with fully automatic weapons, they can be hard to control, jam easily and tend to overheat. Using an automatic weapon effectively takes extensive training and experience in the use of such weapons. Being a retired accountant senior citizen, I do not understand how Paddock had the skill or the stamina to fire for so long.The overheating is also a reason why suppressors (silences in Hillarys vernacular) are never used on such weapons. They have a tendency to melt and more quickly jam the gun.”

This is simply false. Paddock was firing a semi automatic weapon from an elevated position into a massive crowd (22,000) jammed into a small enclosed area. He didn’t need to aim anywhere other than the general direction of the crowd to get a massive body count. Especially firing .223 rounds from above the crowd, he was going to get fatal head shots and plenty of them, possibly even multiple fatal headshots with a single round. Also, being a “military veteran” he should know better. Paddock brought mulitple weapons into his room, firing 100 rounds from an AR-15 and then moving on to the next weapon, is not going to cause an AR to “overheat”, it may cause it to jam but then Paddock could simply move on to the next weapons system. Paddock could have easily pulled off the actual act of the shooting himself.


24 posted on 10/10/2017 9:14:27 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative
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To: Drew68
Several references to him working out....someplace....

You can be lumpy and still be strong.

25 posted on 10/10/2017 9:15:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ml/nj

Just because you don’t have the surveillance video in a place smothered in surveillance doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.


26 posted on 10/10/2017 9:15:33 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: wastoute

I believe hey had the capability to detect motion and give alarm messages on the screen and I’m sure that would include annunciation.


27 posted on 10/10/2017 9:17:04 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: All

The lead FBI invetigator - Aaron Rouse, just by happenstance, is married to John Podesta’s daughter.

Watch the pressers when the sheriff is talking. Rouse is staring at the sheriff so hard you can see the hole being burned into the back of his skull. The sheriff is always looking highly stressed.

Now we can play six degrees of Soros - Rouse, Podesta, Clinton, Soros.

Of course, this is pure connect-the-dots speculation. Your mileage may vary.


28 posted on 10/10/2017 9:17:29 AM PDT by sevlex
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To: BeadCounter

His physical condition has zero to do with this, other than his ability to move from firing point to firing point. If he was strong enough to pull the trigger multiple times, he’s strong enough to have been the lone shooter. He’s firing a semi automatic weapon, with a large capacity magazine into a densely populated area, not a whole lot of stamina or skill required there.


29 posted on 10/10/2017 9:17:39 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative
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To: Bullish

Got anything objective to back that up?

Didn’t think so.


30 posted on 10/10/2017 9:18:01 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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the long it takes and the more we hear from the media and folks on this board, that ‘its all under investigation still so we dont know anything’....blah, all we have been given so far is one lone gunman with maybe some issues...if that is all it is, there shouldnt be this big of a delay..

if all the so-called answers in this thread to questions is soooooo easy, etc, this should eliminate all other possibilities,and yet, we are still being told the investigation is ongoing...for what?

if it is one nut job, then there are no accomplices or conspiracies to entertain, what can the hold up be then...?

what are you investigating if it is one nut job who liked guns...???

why are folks on these thread chastising folks for bringing up questions?

these questions shouldnt exist if it one nut job lone gunman who like guns...right?

there shouldnt be anything else to look at, right?

or is there?

or arent we supposed to ask questions?


31 posted on 10/10/2017 9:19:13 AM PDT by raygunfan
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To: TallahasseeConservative

Interesting sound analysis of the shots... you can pick out the shots from the Bump Stock, as well as a full auto, worth a look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbGGWh5k-M


32 posted on 10/10/2017 9:21:08 AM PDT by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: TallahasseeConservative; BeadCounter
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Scientific Analysis: There were multiple shooters
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33 posted on 10/10/2017 9:21:26 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: BeadCounter

Not many are saying it because it’s stupid.

Having fired full-auto, I assure you it’s not particularly difficult. He had plenty of extras to pick up if any malfunctioned. He’d fire one long burst, then there were long delays before the next burst (not “10 continuous minutes of firing” like many imply).

As another noted, there are a zillion videos of old white guys firing comparable weapons. 64 isn’t all THAT old. 20 years ago my father was working hard and could have handled it; only now past 80 is he slowing down.

And the tangent into suppressors is just irrelevant to the situation (BTW: good suppressors are in fact built for such use).


34 posted on 10/10/2017 9:23:58 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Robe

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There’s no question; there were two major shooters, plus the shooters on the ground that were dressed as security guards.

This was organized Antifa Terror.
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35 posted on 10/10/2017 9:24:30 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: raygunfan

“why are folks on these thread chastising folks for bringing up questions?”

Nothing wrong with questions. But questions that suggest flimsy theories can be frustrating for those who: (1) have seen the same/similar question elsewhere (over and over); and (2) are frustrated with the sloppy investigation being conducted and are looking for clarity (but keep having to weed through more sloppy thinking).


36 posted on 10/10/2017 9:24:37 AM PDT by Rumierules
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

The second window that was broken out essentially doesn’t have sightlines to the concert. If there were multiple shooters in that suite all shooting at the concert, the broken windows would be next to each other. The second broken window, however, does have good sightlines to the two fuel tanks at the airport that had a couple of Paddock’s rounds in them.


37 posted on 10/10/2017 9:24:55 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Starman417
"There are pictures that clearly show rifle fire from a lower window."

Absolute nonsense. Did not happen. There were some on stage strobe lights that flashed with each gunshot. But no place to fire from at that level. Credibility goes to zero at this point.

38 posted on 10/10/2017 9:25:29 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: mazda77
I'm not sure for certain that everything was not recorded. It may be one of those things that they are holding back.

So many guns.

Can't imagine that there were no gun magazines in the house. That's all my son in law has...in every bathroom.

They said he bought a couple from Cabelas's and I'm sure he would have their catalogue.

And there may be a missing computer...totally dedicated to guns...which has been destroyed.

I'm sure gun dealers have been giving LE truckloads of info.

39 posted on 10/10/2017 9:26:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: editor-surveyor

That area is an acoustical nightmare. A vast area filled with multiple high rise buildings. If there were a second shooter, we won’t know until trajectory plotting is done from the location of those killed and wounded. (This has already been done, I’m assuming) I am taking neither side on this, until more evidence is released, I was just simply pushing back on the “old white flabby guy” rhetoric. Paddock could have absolutely pulled the actual firing off on his own.


40 posted on 10/10/2017 9:27:53 AM PDT by TallahasseeConservative
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