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So this week is the first anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in American history, yet there are so many unanswered question, yet there's not more investigating and no "official" theories that make sense.
I refuse to believe that a single individual with no military or law enforcement training, no record of advanced weapons training, no motive, and no history of mental illness simply snapped and killed over 50 people out of nowhere. The liberal media did try to make him out to be a Trump supporter but there's no indication of that.
Now there's hardly any reporting on the 1 year anniversary, unlike the repeated coverage of Parkland because of the student activists there. Most of the victims in Las Vegas were conservatives and didn't demand gun control like David Hogg (whom I've lost all sympathy for at this time. He was a liberal to begin with and of course blamed the shooting on the GOP).
I think #1 and #2 are the most likely scenarios. And why did witnesses report shooting from separate locations, and these witnesses convenently died a few weeks later?
There are people that theorize that he snapped because of prescription drugs like anti-anxiety medications, and while the corruption of the drug companies is clear along with quack doctors who prescribe them (and many killers/criminals like the Santa Monica shooter, Michael Brown and Alton Sterling did have drugs in their system when they acted irrationally), it still doesn't explain the accuracy of the shooting.
I admit that it was an extremely odd case, but I am not inclined to go to the conspiracies. For one thing, I think he WAS on some kind of medication.
For another, who can real make sense of the human mind? We see each other in this world only though the glass darkly. What poison was in this man's soul only god knows.
But I get it. It was one of the strangest of these kinds of incidents yet. You might expect something like this from a failed gambler, but this guy was appparently a success.
Another brother, Bruce Paddock, told investigators that "Paddock was suffering from mental illness and was paranoid and delusional." A Las Vegas doctor, identified as Paddock's primary care physician, told investigators he believed the gunman may have had bipolar disorder but the he had refused medication to treat it. He also described Paddock's behavior as "odd."
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Originally Posted by Tom Lennox 70
HOw can someone without a military background shooting so accurately and kill so many people in such a short period of time. There were ZERO warning signs about Steven Paddock at all.
In contrast, as tragic as Columbine and Virginia Tech were, the gunmen in those cases were clearly untrained and killed about two dozen people in a much longer period of time. This looked like an organized attack either by professional killers or trained terrorists.
Training for 30 years: The report also includes a table of the firearms Paddock had purchased since the 1980s. Over more than 30 years, he had amassed 67 weapons. Twenty-four were recovered from his hotel room the night of the shooting.
HOw can someone without a military background shooting so accurately and kill so many people in such a short period of time. There were ZERO warning signs about Steven Paddock at all.
In contrast, as tragic as Columbine and Virginia Tech were, the gunmen in those cases were clearly untrained and killed about two dozen people in a much longer period of time. This looked like an organized attack either by professional killers or trained terrorists.
One thing I do know is that Vegas has billions of dollars flowing through it daily which is already in jeopardy as more places around the nation embrace gambling.
A lot of people with money had a stake in this thing...that's for sure.
HOw can someone without a military background shooting so accurately and kill so many people in such a short period of time. There were ZERO warning signs about Steven Paddock at all.
In contrast, as tragic as Columbine and Virginia Tech were, the gunmen in those cases were clearly untrained and killed about two dozen people in a much longer period of time. This looked like an organized attack either by professional killers or trained terrorists.
He didn't "shoot so accurately."
He sprayed rounds into a tight crowd of sitting ducks.
(also guiding his aim with tracers.)
BTW, it was said that he practiced a lot in the desert.
Still curious that a year later, we have no idea why.
From his high position, and clear line of fire, I'm amazed he didn't kill more people than he did. They were packed together down there watching a show. He couldn't miss.
I saw a mention of the one year anniversary on the news. The reporter, who was there at the time of the shooting, said within two days, all references to this awful event was removed from visual screens on the strip. It was like it never was. Las Vegas went back to it's normal money grabbing ways.
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