Personally, I've lived long enough by now to have developed a certain skepticism when it comes to any media accounting of publicly devastating events, especially when such refer to open investigations.
There are many reasons why official sources might want to conceal and restrict the kinds of information that reach the public.
I would merely like for you to entertain that possibility in the present case. Then, if you still come up with a different scenario, please feel free to take your best shot. In the end, I'm certain the truth will be manifestly obvious, if only by virtue of hindsight. All in due course.
What I know is that I spoke to a few thousand people this summer and I know how the media has effected their thoughts on the NRA. I also know the media played this for all the propaganda they could milk it for. Besides Bush, no public officials I've noticed involved in this matter put in a good word for well behaved Americans. They hinted they were potential threats instead and need closer watching. The facts are otherwise, they know it and they refused to speak up, regardless of who perpetrated these heinous acts of killing.
Any self-respecting sniper would use something like the .308
Yup, this unskilled non-marksman, using a clearly ineffective, puny girlie-rifle cartridge, managed to KIA 9 people with a single shot from various ranges, without getting caught or EVEN OBSERVED up until his most recent shooting.
Those folks would be at least TWICE as dead had he used some sort of approved SNIPER RIFLE cartridge...50 BMG maybe.
Must be an accident, or maybe luck? / SARCASM.
This guy can shoot - people claiming otherwise are confusing mechanical accuracy with tactical marksmanship, they are NOT the same. Shooting from your cozy benchrest on a cool autumn day, freshly zeroed rifle at the ready, motionless targets positioned with engineering precision, and casually squeezing off that perfect shot - has little to do with making what are apparently nearly perfect CNS shots CONSISTENTLY under intense pressure, at a variety of ranges and from marginal shooting positions against moving targets.
The shooter may not be a USMC Scout Sniper, but he can DAMN SURE shoot better than my Grandma- and she's pretty good.
Whatever the motivation is behind minimizing this guys skills and equipment - does it make us feel better? - the fact remains he's been UNBELIEVABLY successful with his "substandard round" and "mediocre marksmanship".
Everything about this points to a well planned terrorist operation.