Why would an arms dealer choose to do business in a Las Vegas hotel suite?
You've got to schlep the merchandise to the 32nd floor. There are cameras all over the place. There's security. There's housekeeping. There are other guests who might see something and say something. It doesn't make any sense.
Twenty-three of the same weapon would scream ‘arms dealer’. Twenty-three different weapons bought legally at retail prices, and then stashed in a hotel room, is someone moving cross country or evidence of a mental disorder.
Agree, the arms dealer angle does not make any sense to me. And as jjotto pointed out, why buys guns retail in the U.S. and attempts to resell them again with his name directly connected to the paper trail?
No bueno.
Nevada US House of Rep. Dina Titus said housekeeping had been in the room and didn't notice anything.
Perhaps he hadn't unpacked the weapons and ammo until the last minute. It's obvious he wasn't anywhere near ready to do whatever his goal was if he was till drilling and installing cameras when Campos came up. The concert was on the last song so the crowd would soon be dispersing. He was drilling at that time because the concert might cover for the drilling noise. So, what exactly was Paddock's plan? What was scheduled on the concert grounds or nearby over the next couple of days??? Who was checking into nearby hotels over the next couple of days?
You've got to schlep the merchandise to the 32nd floor.
He schlepped it up very easily. It can be schlepped down just as easily.
>> Why would an arms dealer choose to do business in a Las Vegas hotel suite?<<
Right. And why would a lone wolf mass murderer bring 20-some weapons to his hotel room to do the job, but only use ONE of them?
>> It doesn’t make any sense.<<
Unless it was an inside job.