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Everyone has theory so why can't I? (Vanity, LV shooter)
opinion | 10-04-2017 | ShivaFan

Posted on 10/04/2017 8:48:01 AM PDT by ShivaFan

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To: homegroan
He could have shot up a rap music audience or a Deadhead crowd, but he chose to slaughter country music fans.

So he had a very special hatred for this GROUP and all that they represent. And what is really scary but pathetic, is that he probably listened to/watched and has formed his opinion of hate via CNN, Maddow, Rice, Obama, HilLIARy, ANTIFA etc.

Maybe. But the concert was right outside his hotel. Did he really seek it out? If he were trying to send a message, was this the clearest one he could make?

A white guy shooting up a rap concert is going to be portrayed as a racist. Maybe shooting up a country concert makes him a Trump hater, but it might just be a way of not making a political statement. I'm not saying you're wrong. We don't know enough yet.

The vanity poster makes some good points. The guy's father was a headcase, and one way or another drugs were involved in this mass murder. But the poster goes off the rails in places. For example, bank robbers and acid-heads might have been groups without much overlap, even back in the 60s/70s.

21 posted on 10/04/2017 9:50:49 AM PDT by x
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To: ShivaFan
My theory:


22 posted on 10/04/2017 10:15:30 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: ShivaFan

Apart from age-related dementia, most mental illness manifests itself by the age of thirty, and often during the teen years. It would be unusual to see such a delayed manifestation of psychosis in someone who had apparently been living a successful life for decades.


23 posted on 10/04/2017 10:22:39 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: ShivaFan

He was a spy/deep cover operative. His live in is also a spy.

This was a deep state operation. Occam’s razor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

Who’s interest did this serve? Why no history on the guy, especially criminal? Why so many residences and radically different jobs? Why was he rich? Occam’s razor.


24 posted on 10/04/2017 10:47:17 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: LS
Paddock, meanwhile, apparently used “flash suppressors.”

Nothing special here. All ARs with few exceptions come with a muzzle fixture which suppresses flash.

It was only during the lifetime of the AWBAN (1994-2004) that new production ARs did not have this muzzle fixture.

25 posted on 10/04/2017 11:36:42 AM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting

No, not unusual at all. My point was, IF there was another shooter, what would be his purpose?

Only two that I can think of: shoot someone the other guy couldn’t (which doesn’t seem to apply here) or

Occupy cops for a while so “main” shooter does more damage. Maybe he was to fire a few bursts then leave? Point is, his “apparently” has flash bursts to see while Paddock’s didn’t. It would have taken longer to figure out the shooter was much further up.


26 posted on 10/04/2017 11:46:30 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: ShivaFan

The father aspect should have showed up long before 64 years of life. He looks like a large man so not likely someone to be picked on.

He was wealthy, retired and didn’t have kids or grandkids. He travelled around the world, went on hunting expeditions in Alaska, had planes to travel wherever and whenever he wished. Big deal, he enjoyed gambling. A lot of wealthy retired people gamble. It’s another thrill.

Forget about the gf’s supposed two husbands and two SS numbers. Some stupid moron linked two different women.


27 posted on 10/04/2017 11:46:32 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: nevergore
I believe it was subterranean Lizard People that planted a mind controlling worm in his ear as part of their early invasion plans to take over Las Vegas from the Mob...

The Lizard People's attorney will be in touch. They don't bother humans, well, you know, except for the ones they eat...

28 posted on 10/04/2017 11:47:12 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ShivaFan
Twilight Zone Theme Song

Seriously, you need to seek professional help for your condition.

29 posted on 10/04/2017 11:51:07 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: ifinnegan

yea


30 posted on 10/04/2017 12:35:28 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Cicero

I must make this reply brief but there huge problem with antitrump leftist theory. His prior plan to instead attack rap + Lourdes concert scuttled due to unavailable room. I conclude he did not target concert because of its right leaning nature


31 posted on 10/04/2017 1:01:12 PM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: ShivaFan

Would have been better if you boiled your post down to 500 words or less.

I couldn’t scale that mountain of text.


32 posted on 10/04/2017 1:16:24 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier; ShivaFan

OP could have simply stated, “the apple doesn’t’ fall far from the tree.”


33 posted on 10/04/2017 2:49:57 PM PDT by HandyDandy ("Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?")
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To: LS

I do not believe there was a second shooter. I read yesterday that the flashing light on the lower floor was identified as a strobe.

But to address your misconception: A flash “suppressor” doesn’t completely hide the flash from those downrange. It is intended to preserve the night vision of the shooter.

Have you ever done any night shooting with an AR15?


34 posted on 10/04/2017 3:36:33 PM PDT by nonsporting
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To: nonsporting

No. My director on my film has. He already informed me that even a suppressor still has a flash.

No, that’s not a strobe. I don’t know guns, but I know rock bands :) That’s no strobe. It’s perfectly in synch with the sound of shots up close. If you listen closely, you can hear a second gun in the background, so it’s not a “strobe” reacting to a gun sound in the background. You can hear two guns, different guns.


35 posted on 10/04/2017 7:06:52 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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