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.
Or to become a Senator or VP Candidate?
“I only have one question. What was his motive?”
Some people are just plumb crazy?
The FBI has instructed the MSM to begin the process of convincing people that the guy was simply your run-of-the-mill gun nut.
No. I won’t stop. The official story on this one is total horseshit.
I know they were saying the same thing after JFK was killed .... enough of the conspiracy theories .... listen to the script and shut your mouth.
Do you have a source for that image?
You keep talking like that and I'll suspect you are one of his accomplices...
Shooting an auto or bump stock rifle for 11 minutes straight??? Nonsense...His shoulder would have been mincemeat...
8. What about the sounds of gunfire coming from other directions?
A: It was an echo.
Really??? So which was the real one and which one the echo, the high pitched shots or the very low pitched shots...Sometimes they would echo and sometime not, eh???
He could have worn ear plugs and ear muffs. Not sure about the smoke factor. The smoke probably would have been thick after awhile, but he did have some cross ventilation with the windows busted out.
He could have used one of those masks like you use when spray painting or using pesticides.
If you look into conspiracy theories there is compelling evidence for all of them.
You think the government and media tell the truth?
No, they lie to fit their agenda.
JFK, 9/11, Roswell, Benghazi, the Clintons, all legitimate conspiracy theories with questions that NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
Really?
He dismisses the woman who was warning people as a crank or drunk.
Those are the only two possibilities?
So he’s a psychopath. Does that explain his motive? Or give him a bye on motive?
Like I said, Campos is the “hero”? Why did Paddock panic when he was holding all the power?
Two hundred rounds down the hallway, as we were told yesterday. Or was it six throught the door? Or both? And Campos only gets hit in the leg.
We have been shown what we are allowed to be shown.
There is a bigger story than what we know now.
Too soon to make conclusive decisions on what really went down.
Think about it? Why would it hurt the investigation to show the video of Paddock entering and exiting the Hotel? Why are they showing a 2011 video of him in a Hoteland not last week’s video? It stinks....
Isn’t there a video of a girl who was warned before the event that they would all be killed?
Great points.
Astounding arrogance to assume anything is an absolute at this time. There are aspects that are very odd.
A post on BS answered with a picture of BS. The Fraternal Order of Police? Are you kidding? THAT’S A UNION! They have NO ongoing criminal duties or responsibilities!
That graphic means NOTHING. Show it’s origin, provenance, etc. Otherwise, for all I know, you made it.
where did you get that? link
Let’s add TWA 800 and Oklahoma City bombing to your list requiring answers.
Let’s remember how they were going to pin the Atlanta park bombing on hapless Richard Jewell.
And how they murdered Lavon Finicum, and the FBI tried to cover that up, and were exposed by the Oregon State Police.
With half a day, the FBI says no connection to Islamic terrorism—their standard answer. Like they know or something.
This does not add up yet.
Let all the theories play out.
It is way too soon to be ruling anything out.
#4, why did he have so many weapons... Because he was a psychopath???
The author claims full understanding of all possibilities at this time. Anyone who CLAIMS full understanding of all possibilities at this tie is deluded.
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