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.
A: None. He had no criminal background."
There is a question if the Mandalay Bay Hotel is in a gun free zone. Noting that I don’t know the extent or authority of the gun free zone if there is one, please consider he following.
To the best of my knowledge after Googling, the Route 91 Harvest "What is not allowed in the festival?” list included weapons. Although the original Route 1 Harvest web site no longer seems to be available, Mr. Paul Klerk claims to have a copy of the list a short way down the following page.
Was the Las Vegas shooting in a gun free zone?
Corrections, insights welcome.
My Father was a NYPD Lieutenant Detective in the 50s, they had a saying, ‘The FBI couldn’t find a Jew in the Bronx’.
Yes. Something stinks. There is more to this as the Vegas Sheriff stated. Ongoing investigation. But so far the Vegas PD has done a remarkable job separating fact from fiction.
It would be pure speculation to make that assumption unless you did some calculation, and knew what the crowd density was when people were hit. There are videos which show people being shot when they are running across mostly empty space trying to get to cover. In that situation it is at least a bit unreasonable to suggest that crowd density ensures a hit, when there is no crowd at the point where the running victim is hit.
I find it ironic when people who want to impose their view of what happened, and shut of any inquiry into what happened present the same kind of speculation they are criticizing.
Saw a report today that the murder’s brother had previously threatened to kill some guy and had a restraining order against him.
Main reason why I never bought that he was the guy in Reno wearing a pussy hat. Guys who want to keep to themselves don't march in protests wearing pink pussies on their heads.
Who knows, maybe they didn’t have none?
Why was the ajar door “blown” by swat?
It’s called hoopla.
Lets sell some paper Jimmy! How many units did we move today?
The Tannerite is a puzzle. May of been some part of the escape plan. Me I would of blown it about 7-8 minutes in. That would of delayed the police response.
As far as the tanks go I think it was just coincidence. There was a crowd piled up against the fence so big they breached it. Then they broke the door on a small building near the tanks and took cover.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0929031,-115.1703881,1111m/data=!3m1!1e3
As you can see in this image the tanks are North of the Janet terminal.
Let me guess, you're Michael Rivero's brother.....LOL!
That's weeks away and you can be assured it will be released. Of particular interest will be the toxicology report.
His argument is "Let the investigators get on with their jobs."
If they find something he doesn't know about he'd probably change his opinion.
What kind of drugs was he taking?
He was 6'4" and an AR-15 isn't physically taxing in the least.
Plus, he undoubtedly had an adrenaline rush giving him stamina.
WTF?? The fuel tanks were at McCarren international airport...
Janet airplanes are parked openly on the apron.
What's the "CIA air base"??.
There's already too much BS flying around, creating conspiracy theories left and right. Why do you want more?
The FBI surrendered the San Bernadino Terrorist apartment after only two days for the Press to rampage. IDs were left behind, files were not searched, draws weren’t gone though. If you get a chance, look for the photos, the refrigerator was left untouched. Bomb making material is often kept cool, yet everything in the refrigerator was pristine. If you believe anything these clown say, you’re a fool.
Yes, of course because direct harm will come from people considering options in a situation where no one has answers. There is no possibility that anyone fro outside the interior intelligence community could ever have anything useful to consider. Everyone else is too stupid.
Does Vegas have any grassy knolls nearby.
“There’s already too much BS flying around, creating conspiracy theories left and right. Why do you want more?”
What, its Too difficult to show the public it was really Paddock at the apartment.?
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