"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."
YouTube is full of videos of flabby old white guys shooting guns. It's not really that physically demanding.
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.
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).