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[–] Rok_Weiler 0 points 36 points 36 points (+36|-0) ago
Please for the love of god let this take off
[–] xobodox 1 point 14 points 15 points (+15|-1) ago
That dude was antifa.. Antifa was even stupid enough to take credit for it briefly on Twitter before taking it down..
https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen+paddock+antifa
https://www.google.com/search?q=antifa+mandalay+bay
.. etc ..
[–] toobaditworks 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I believe it was Antifa. They are trying to start a civil war. They want people to react to this OR they will stage an attack on leftists and blame nazis.
[–] ready-ignite ago
Comparing facial features in the video paused at similar angle as the photo, the guy at the protest has detached earlobes. Our shooter has detached earlobes. Also, our shooter has '13' tattooed on his neck.
[–] aria_taint 0 points 28 points 28 points (+28|-0) ago
This needs to get out.. Come on tucker Carlson we know damn well you're here..
[–] [deleted] 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago
[–] IndianaJones75 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I don't know. So many right wing extremisms are actually left wing that I can't even tell.
[–] CrudOMatic 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What if I told you that you never hear about left-wing extremism because... wait for it... the left is the establishment?
[–] KSLJvbSlxgkjvbsxg ago
Is that why the white house is painted red?
[–] GOMAD_OR_GFYAD ago
Media always call the left wingers "radicals" to make it sound like their ideology is further away from the mainstream left, whereas "right wing extremism" makes it sound more like an extremist that believes mainstream right wing views.
That's why the left gets pissy about the the term "islamic extremism"
[–] Fuzzycrumpkin ago
The left don't believe in left wing extremism. They actively deny there being an alt-left. Either that or they are the extremists.
So if all the above is true, why would the media that is mostly of the left report on left-wing extremism?
[–] AngB23 2 points 12 points 14 points (+14|-2) ago
Another vid...appears shots fired in lower part of Mandalay Bay
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9Z_KzcS3s
[–] Just_Some_Dude 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
Here's another video I came across where eyewitnesses report multiple shooters.
https://youtu.be/4Iz56NYT_Jo
[–] HennyPenny 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Look how the reporter shuts the witness down after repeating the party line: one shooter only. Reporter didn't ask more detail about direction of bullets received by victims. If multiple shooters using silencers, then only evidence would be directional.
[–] child_abuse 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/236247
[–] Kannibal 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago (edited ago)
His brother is saying that that the guy is about a apolitical as you can get.
other info suggest large amounts of money and casinos were involved.
edit: other info says he was retired, and was very well off because he had worked as an accountant for a big company.
so very bizarre.
EDIT
Apparently no social media presence, had 19 guns at home, 23 at the hotel, mostly long guns
Was a professional gambler and a millionaire
[–] 10677346? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yeah, I called bullshit on that as soon as I saw what his people were into
[–] ShineShooter 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yup, brother is a degenerate furry.
[–] Cheesebooger 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oy vey
[–] [deleted] 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
[–] 10683862? ago
Having a bunch of unhinged lefties coming out in favor of this guy because he shot people who like country music festivals is probably a best case scenario.
[–] [deleted] 1 point 9 points 10 points (+10|-1) ago
[–] H8teraid 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Is it just me or does this smack of a false flag op. Nothing in this A-holes background suggest he has any firearm training. So how does a novice shooter get a small arsenal to the 32nd floor unnoticed? Then how does he acquire the gunsmithing knowlage to convert a rifle to full auto? And to top it all off how does a novice shooter learn to manage the recoil of said weapons effectively enough to produce these kills? This wasn't point blank this was at distance, it takes practice to shoot long distance. Full auto fire is effective for suppression, can't say I have ever seen full rock and roll ever be this effective.
[–] KosherHiveKicker [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Exactly.
That Casino-Hotel has a massive.. an absolutely massive surveillance system deployed in that place. I am 100% sure we will be seeing footage of entry/exit with timestamps.
But yes. So far we know he was a large-game hunter in Alaska. But making the jump from Elk hunting to knowing how to modify an AR-15 to full auto, and then make 1,200 ft / 400 meter shots still needs to be qualified
[–] SonOfSnowden 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Anyone who isn't a complete retard can find instructions to modify weapons to full auto. It's not as complicated as writing a small computer program or rebuilding a carburetor. This guy was an accountant so he obviously wasn't stupid.
Likewise, spraying bullets into a tightly packed crowd doesn't require military sniper training.
[–] CrudOMatic 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
^ THIS