Posted on 10/03/2017 3:31:00 AM PDT by servo1969
As virtually everyone has noted from the abundant video footage of the incident, it certainly sounds as if the shooter used either fully-automatic weapons or semi-automatic weapons modified (through, for example, a bump fire stock) to closely simulate automatic fire. Moreover, the police are reporting that he had “more than 10 rifles.” He apparently rented his corner room for days and may have even set up cameras to detect when police were approaching. That’s all strange enough, but it’s even more unusual when you consider that his own family apparently didn’t know that he maintained a stockpile of guns.
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Put all this together, and the shooting is flat-out bizarre. It’s significantly different from virtually any other mass shooting in U.S. history. If the weapons were fully automatic, then he likely would have spent immense sums of money to obtain them legally, jumping through extensive legal hoops.
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So, a person who’s “not a gun guy” has either expended untold thousands of dollars to legally purchase fully-automatic weapons, somehow found them on the black market, or purchased and substantially modified multiple semi-automatic weapons — and did so with enough competence to create a sustained rate of fire. This same person also spent substantial sums purchasing just the right hotel room to maximize casualties.
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Given the firepower and the packed mass of people, it’s easy to see how the casualty count was so high, even firing from an extreme range (by the standards of mass shootings.) This was the University of Texas tower attack on steroids, conducted out of nowhere, with meticulous planning and at great expense, from a person who doesn’t seem to fit any normal profile of a mass shooter. There is much we have yet to learn, but for now, this is one of the most chilling and mysterious events I’ve ever seen.
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Problem, no app.
Was a best bud killed by a Fast & Furious weapon? Is it among the weapons found? Is he a tied to gun runners?
A couple of places said they sold him weapons...and no bells and whistles.
They should be able to trace every single weapon.
They've said nothing about the manifest of his plane.
You are of course, correct
Unless, someone else did all the setup and planning, and shooting and then killed him and walked away
I think we are on the same wavelength. I’ll bet there is a string of unsolved crime that ended that night.
I agree with you. Right now it’s way too soon for all of this.
It’s very easy to buy one home, then another and build from there. I know a few people that have done it. It’s hard work and a risk when you’re starting out, but you can get there.
We still dont even have a motive!
Strange that the progressive left doesnt even seem to even care about that
They just want the guns
Yes, 3-4 days for the facts to emerge in which time the left can easily fill in whatever facts they need, until the real facts comes in and then we can move on.
Hate to join the conspiracy crowd, but I clearly hear two distinct weapons as well. There are numerous cell phone videos showing synced muzzle flashes near the fourth floor level of the hotel. There are no broken windows on that floor, but if you look directly across from the hotel there is a 4 to 6 story tower that has an excellent vantage point over the venue and could be easily and quickly scaled by someone trained. Hypothetically, the shooters muzzle flash could reflect from that tower onto the windows at that level, and would explain the syncopated muzzle flash. I think someone needs to get to the top of that tower and test for power residue, shell casings, footprints, etc.
And he may have had aliens implant something in his brain. Isn’t pure speculation fun?
What does “TPTB” mean?
You are a nut.
Go to their website. Plenty of rooms. No Vegas hotel is fully booked months in advance. There’s far more supply than that. I inspected hotels for 10 years and am very familiar with the Vegas market.
Amen. Second it.
This is the new normal.
Or to live in DENIAL.
The real facts havent emerged from Charlottesville
James A. Fields JR and his mother have disappeared from any news coverage whatsoever
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