From the National Review,
Based on the Early Reports, the Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange
Before I begin, let me clearly state two things. First, as I note
in the title of this post, my observations are based on early reports,
and early reports are often wrong. Second, do not read this post as
implying any sort of conspiracy theory of any kind. I’m merely noting
the facts as we currently understand them — and how they differ from
recent mass shootings.
As virtually everyone has noted from the abundant video footage of the
incident, it certainly sounds as if the shooter used either
fully-automatic weapons or semi-automatic weapons modified (through, for
example, a bump fire stock) to closely simulate automatic fire.
Moreover, the police are reporting that he had “more than 10 rifles.” He
apparently rented his corner room for days and may have even set up
cameras to detect when police were approaching. That’s all strange
enough, but it’s even more unusual when you consider that his own family
apparently didn’t know that he maintained a stockpile of guns. Here’s
this, from the gunman’s brother, suggesting that the gunman wasn’t an
avid gun guy at all:
I will add.. There must be video security surveillance of the hotel and the floor he was on.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes to light on that.