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Las Vegas shooter had cache of 19 weapons in hotel room
http://nypost.com ^ | 10/02/2017 | Lia Eustachewich

Posted on 10/02/2017 12:15:32 PM PDT by heterosupremacist

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock had 19 weapons stashed in his hotel room to carry out his massacre — including a collection of rifles and handguns, according to a report.

Experts said Paddock’s weapon of choice was likely a fully automatic rifle, given witness accounts of the gunfire, according to New York Magazine.

The weapon is especially tough for a civilian to obtain, the mag said.

The experts pointed to the pattern of the “bursts” of gunfire in concluding that Paddock used at least one automatic weapon.

“I hear ONE fully automatic rifle. Shoots 90 rounds x2 30 second reloads,” tweeted US intelligence expert Malcolm Nance.

Paddock could have used a machine gun or military-style assault rifle, both of which would have the range to reach concertgoers from his high-rise hotel room and fire multiple bullets with a single squeeze of the trigger...

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KEYWORDS: lvmassacre; mandalaymassacre; paddock; paddockweapons
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1 posted on 10/02/2017 12:15:32 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
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To: heterosupremacist

and nothing was noticed as a 64YO guy pulled the guns and ammo up to his room???


2 posted on 10/02/2017 12:16:36 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: heterosupremacist

ISIS called for a lone wolf attack on the Las Vegas Strip in a chilling ‘call to arms’ video released in May, 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4940156/ISIS-video-called-lone-wolf-attack-Las-Vegas.html

A propaganda video by ISIS that emerged in May called for a lone wolf attack on the Vegas Strip.

The video the terrorist group that showed footage of Caesar’s Palace, the Bellagio Hotel and other icons from the casino row on South Las Vegas Boulevard.

Though the footage has been determined to be from 2015, authorities deemed the threat credible - particularly in the wake of the Manchester Arena massacre, and as the then coming Memorial Day holiday weekend which was expected to bring big crowds to The Strip.

‘I think anytime somebody goes on the internet and makes a threat that they’re going to conduct a lone-wolf or any type of attack, it’s our responsibility to view it as a credible threat,’ Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Capt. Christopher Darcy, who heads the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

http://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2017/05/26/6923050747804928891/636x382_MP4_6923050747804928891.mp4


3 posted on 10/02/2017 12:17:28 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now, that Trump is kicking their asses, they, _______, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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To: heterosupremacist

both of which would have the range to reach concertgoers
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I think my .22 has that range, especially if accuracy is not an issue.


4 posted on 10/02/2017 12:18:05 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: God luvs America

I’m sure he didn’t tote them up there out in the open.


5 posted on 10/02/2017 12:18:29 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: robroys woman

The range seems to be about 350-400 yards, give or take.


6 posted on 10/02/2017 12:19:39 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: heterosupremacist

These weapons were difficult to obtain.

Some of these were reported to be modified.

He set up two shooting platforms.

Yet, according to this guy’s brother, the shooter did not have knowledge of weapons.

This doesn’t add up very well.


7 posted on 10/02/2017 12:21:11 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Also, the guy was in the hotel room for several days. Plenty of time to transport multiple firearms to his room.


8 posted on 10/02/2017 12:21:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: ltc8k6

From 32 floors, A .22 rifle could lob plenty of lead pellets into a crowd at that distance and cause some issues.


9 posted on 10/02/2017 12:21:44 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: God luvs America

He was there for three days before the shooting, so he had time to bring ammo one can at a time. As for the guns, I imagine he had them either broken into upper and lower so the length was reasonable or just in a long, rectangular Pelican case. It’s Vegas - not many questions.

I’m not sure why so many guns. I can see two or even three in case of jams, but beyond that it seems unnecessary. That may have been more about the fantasy than about the actual outcome.


10 posted on 10/02/2017 12:23:29 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: God luvs America
"and nothing was noticed as a 64YO guy pulled the guns and ammo up to his room???"

luggage.

11 posted on 10/02/2017 12:23:32 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: God luvs America

“and nothing was noticed as a 64YO guy pulled the guns and ammo up to his room???”

Yeah, it’s not like a casino has security cameras or anything; or is prepared in case a well-armed gang tries to rob the floor (sarc/off)


12 posted on 10/02/2017 12:23:38 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: God luvs America

#2 God luvs America wrote ~~~ >>> “... and nothing was noticed as a 64YO guy pulled the guns and ammo up to his room???<<<

My first thought, as well!


13 posted on 10/02/2017 12:24:53 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: ltc8k6

“The range seems to be about 350-400 yards, give or take.”

I saw a chart that put him at 1700 feet out and 32 floors up.


14 posted on 10/02/2017 12:25:18 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: God luvs America
Hotel's are geared to have trolleys, and such to ease the process of moving big stuff, ie luggage. It would be the ideal place to do a massacre type event as a platform.
15 posted on 10/02/2017 12:25:24 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Army Air Corps

Also, if the guy was in the room for several days, he would have had to actively keep the maid out.


16 posted on 10/02/2017 12:30:25 PM PDT by toast
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To: God luvs America

“and nothing was noticed as a 64YO guy pulled the guns and ammo up to his room???”

I was a competitor in a match at a range near Vegas. I hauled all my gear and ammo to my room, I’m not going to leave it in the truck. Nobody said anything. When I looked around there was an M60 link under a chair.

When SOF had their big gun show at the Sands there were long guns in most of the rooms, I guess.


17 posted on 10/02/2017 12:31:24 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: toast

Or not. There are locks for luggage.


18 posted on 10/02/2017 12:32:52 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: heterosupremacist

Maybe I am reaching here, but here is a guy with an arsenal of sophisticated weaponry, but no known knowledge of using them.

What if this guy was murdered to make it look like he was the lone gunman?

What if he fell in with some ISIS types, who did the heavy lifting logistics and shooting, then they murder him, make it look like a suicide, and escape the room somehow—vents,etc.

What if Paddock is a patsy?

19 guns—there have to be records of who sold them if he indeed bought them.

This looks and sounds like a military operation, rather than a lone man who seems like an unlikely person to commit this crime.


19 posted on 10/02/2017 12:32:54 PM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: CondorFlight

How many hours did the LVPD waste because of the Michael Bennett hoax? (I am not saying this tragedy could have been prevented but it makes one wonder how LE man power could be used most efficiently.)


20 posted on 10/02/2017 12:35:15 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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