re: Mass shooting on Vegas Strip discussion

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not really. you're shooting into a crowd of 22000 people, that requires 0 precision

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With the amount of rounds the guy shot, and the density of the crowd, 58 dead might even be a bit low as sad as that is to say.

Others have pointed it out, you are correct. The crowd is massive. Just blows my mind

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58 dead might even be a bit low as sad as that is to say.

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true

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Those are carefully parsed words.

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Thats a direct response to ISIS claiming he was one of them.

Also when stuff like this happens you want to carefully parsed words because every statement is being read into and taken apart.

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58 dead might even be a bit low as sad as that is to say.

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This leads me to believe it was something low like 5.56. The cavitation at that distance would be less lethal.....which explains the 515 injured

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Luggage scanning would be a complete waste of time, as there are other elevated places someone could use (parking garages being one).

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People can't wrap their heads around that many guns being collected in a hotel. We can react as a society and make sweeping hotel policy changes that will cost millions and catch nobody. Because nobody will try this again. Evil bastards will always do evil shite, and find a way to do it.

The solution is to never have an activity where more than 7 people are in one place at one time.

That being said, ISIS is jealous. Any scenario like the one in Vegas will need to be adjusted. Any open air venue with a high roof or hotel nearby will have to adjust policies. Worldwide. ISIS takes notes. frickers are probably furious that an old fart from Nevada thought of it first.

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58 dead from 400 yards away from a guy with no formal training is insane.

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There were 22,000 people packed shoulder to shoulder into a 2 acre site, this guy or anyone else could have done it wearing a blindfold.

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nope

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People are too used to video games.

It actually increases a bullet's velocity because it spends more time being propelled.

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This leads me to believe it was something low like 5.56.

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The most likely scenario was the bipod mounted AR-15’s with the bump fire stock.

I find it very unlikely that this guy had a class 3 license and several full auto guns, but who knows. Full autos are an absurd amount of money and pain in the arse to get.

So far, investigators believe the firearms were purchased legally. The suspicion, based on initial reports, is that any of the rifles used were altered in order to function as an automatic weapon, the official said.

-CNN