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Please Stop With the Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Las Vegas Shooting
Townhall.com ^ | October 5, 2017 | Steve Sheldon

Posted on 10/05/2017 3:25:24 PM PDT by Kaslin

Too many rumors are swirling around regarding the tragedy in Vegas from Sunday night. Let me start by dispelling with some of the questions floating around on the internet:


1.  How did he get that many weapons into his room without being noticed?  

A: With a luggage cart and ten suitcases over 3 days.

2.  How did he fire off that many rounds without training?  

A: A monkey can pull a trigger; and, who says he didn't have practice?

3. How was he able to kill that many people in such a short time?  

A: He had 11 minutes firing on near full-auto (using a bump fire device) into a crowd of people that had no idea where the fire was coming from.

4.  Why did he have so many weapons?  

A: First, he was a psychopath. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said it best, "No Ma'am, I can't get into the mind of a psychopath at this point." 

Second, he probably thought he would be there for an extended period of time and perhaps thought he would heat up one or more guns. Maybe he wasn't good at changing magazines? Again, first answer is always a fit. Seriously, how can we apply reason to a psychopath?

5. How did he get his hands on fully automatic firearms?  

A: Investigation has determined that he had bump fire or slide fire devices on 12 of his firearms, which make them sound like a full-auto and operate much like a full-auto. They are approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and are easily available (until now).

6.  How was he able to remove a window with 800 pounds of hurricane glass without training? (I know, seriously, this was a question.) 

A: With a hammer.

7. How did he get up 32 floors with 400 pounds of equipment?  

A: With an elevator and luggage cart.

8.  What about the sounds of gunfire coming from other directions?  

A:  It was an echo. 

9. How does one man come to own $100K worth of weapons without being noticed?  

A: He was rich.  As far as what we know right now, all guns were purchased legally over a period of time from multiple vendors.  Every dealer and serious collector at a gun show has that many or more, and they are not psychopathic mass murderer candidates.

10: How is it possible that he killed/injured so many in such a short time...without training?

A:  He was able to fire uninhibited an unreported number of rounds into a massive crowd, where he couldn't miss hitting something. When we know more, it is likely that many of the injuries were not from gunfire but from the panic that ensued. However, considering the rate of fire and the mass of the crowd, it wouldn't be the least bit unreasonable to think that 50-70% of the bullets hit something.

11. What gun laws could have prevented this?  

A: None. He had no criminal background.

12. What about laws preventing mentally ill people from getting firearms?  

A: How does one accurately measure another's current mental stability or future propensity to become a psychopath among the group of every potential firearm purchaser?

13. What about the unidentified and unverified woman who told the crowd that a lot of people were going to die?  

Possible answers: 1. It is made up nonsense. 2. She was drunk.

14. What about the shots coming from other floors?  

A. Echoes, reflections of other things, reflections of the shooter across multiple reflective surfaces (Las Vegas is mostly glass)... 

Response questions:  Where in these locations was glass broken?  Where in these locations were reports of gunfire from adjacent rooms? (That's how the shooter was quickly located.) How did these mysterious shooters so quickly police up all their brass and keep the fire alarms from going off with all the smoke?

15. How did the shooter manage to record a video of himself?

A.  Ummmmm, I don't know, a tripod?

Finally, some questions for the conspiracy theorists.

How do hundreds of law enforcement officers secretly conspire to cover up evidence in one of the nation's worst modern massacres?  What would be their motivation? Would conspiracy advocates be satisfied when they see video evidence of the shooter by himself committing the act and ending it by putting a gun in his mouth?

I could go on, but you get the picture.  Please folks, stop with the conspiracy insanity and let the investigators do their jobs.  Seriously, just stop.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheory; grassyknoll; guncontrol; lasvegasshooting; magicbullets; yeaaaaaaaa
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To: Ann Archy

Jesus Campos.

ATF now disputes GotNews’ sourced information on Campos.

http://gotnews.com/report-atf-now-believes-hotel-security-guard-helped-paddock-plan-las-vegas-massacre-staged-cover/


481 posted on 10/07/2017 5:42:10 AM PDT by Justa
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To: Justa

Paddock’s brother, Eric, pretty much said that he was an ARMS dealer!! He said ARMS then he stopped.


482 posted on 10/07/2017 5:53:58 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Elsie

I still can’t understand the psychology of the conservatives that defend the second amendment to the death, but when a possibility of threats to that very amendment from inside gov’t arise, they are blithely dismissed.


483 posted on 10/07/2017 7:39:07 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Morning in America Again, again.)
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To: Brown Deer

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Keep on talking to that ugly idiot in your mirror!
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484 posted on 10/07/2017 10:37:19 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Ann Archy

armS OR arm??


485 posted on 10/07/2017 6:54:45 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: editor-surveyor

I don’t have mental problems like you. I don’t talk to mirrors like you obviously do.


486 posted on 10/07/2017 7:38:04 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Brown Deer

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Still talking to the mirror I see!

Look deeply into the eyes of that maniac in the mirror; if that doesn’t scare you, you must be dead.
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487 posted on 10/08/2017 10:42:03 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Elsie; Ann Archy

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Gun runner!

Explains all of the time at casinos, laundering the gun money, buying tokens for cash, and then taking his “winnings” back as a casion check.
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488 posted on 10/08/2017 10:47:10 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Elsie; Ann Archy

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oops!

Casino check.
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489 posted on 10/08/2017 10:48:16 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Still having your temper tantrum? I feel sorry for your mother.


490 posted on 10/08/2017 3:05:51 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Brown Deer

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I feel sorry for your garbage man.
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491 posted on 10/08/2017 3:10:32 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

https://www.ostem.org/crisis-hotlines


492 posted on 10/08/2017 3:44:39 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Brown Deer

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Please stop crying!
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493 posted on 10/08/2017 3:51:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Keep telling yourself that and maybe you can stop.


494 posted on 10/08/2017 4:02:42 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Kaslin

Intel. community mouthpiece bump for later...


495 posted on 10/09/2017 10:04:59 AM PDT by indthkr
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bkmk


496 posted on 10/10/2017 6:58:07 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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