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Paddock had a Pilot's License. Therefore....

Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:13 pm
Posted by tigerpawl
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:13 pm
Straight-line distance from the nearest LAS runway to the concert area is 2,200 feet. Paddock certainly had the will and the ability to cause havoc, but not only by bump-fire weapons. He could have easily rigged a general aviation aircraft with explosives and could have taken out way more than 58 people. 2,200 feet at an average speed of 150 mph: 10 seconds to impact. Please write your congressman and have them ban general aviation aircraft forever. Thank you very much.

This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 5:14 pm
Posted by meddizzle
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:14 pm to
You’re a fricking idiot
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:15 pm to
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Please write your congressman and have them ban general aviation aircraft forever. Thank you very much.


Fixed wing only!


lol
Posted by tigerpawl
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:15 pm to
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You’re a fricking idiot

Not really.
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:16 pm to
edit: double post
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 5:17 pm
Posted by BlackHelicopterPilot
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:16 pm to
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You’re a fricking idiot


quote:

Not really.


A celibate idiot?


j/k
Posted by Ted2010
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:16 pm to
This is stupid.
Posted by NC_Tigah
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:20 pm to
quote:

Please write your congressman and have them ban general aviation aircraft forever. Thank you very much.
I don't get the analogy.

Are you pro-BumpStocks?

Are you pro-TriggerCranks?

Outlawing those seem noncontroversial redresses. Are they not?
Posted by ProbyOne
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:20 pm to
Dumb but you make a good point about the chosen method of killing.

He could have easily flown into the crowd and set off a bomb, killing way more people. Why didn't he just do that if he didn't mind dying?
Posted by tigerpawl
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:22 pm to
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Dumb but you make a good point about the chosen method of killing.

He could have easily flown into the crowd and set off a bomb, killing way more people. Why didn't he just do that if he didn't mind dying?
Vindication at last.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:23 pm to
His license was expired
Posted by ProbyOne
Louisiana
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:24 pm to
So... renew it?
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:25 pm to
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He could have easily flown into the crowd and set off a bomb, killing way more people.
He could have also continued firing for another 30 minutes with the same result.
Posted by tigerpawl
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:26 pm to
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He could have also continued firing for another 30 minutes with the same result.

He didn't.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:28 pm to
Seriously why wouldn't he have done that? this guy was just insane in so many different ways
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:29 pm to
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His license was expired


They don't expire, only your medical certificate and logbook endorsement saying you completed a biannual flight review have to be up to date.
Posted by AtticusOSullivan
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:30 pm to
Because then there wouldn't be crime scene photos of over the counter assault weapons for the media to run with 24/7 and planes aren't political.
This thing smells like SORse sh!t.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
33006 posts
Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:32 pm to
You're correct. He had a medical classification that expired in 2013.
Posted by TrueTiger
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:51 pm to
So Paddock was framed as the shooter while the real shooter flew off?
Posted by Dick Leverage
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 5:56 pm to
I actually believe his original plan was to crash land the plane in the concert area. That is why he had a pilots license.
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