Temeculan3000
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Again a risk. Why do you think several people are going out any buying guns? They fear tighter gun laws.
Of course the track record on gun laws lately has been that nothing will happen. But still the fear is there.
Mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Las Vegas; 58 dead, 500+ injured.
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Again a risk. Why do you think several people are going out any buying guns? They fear tighter gun laws.
Of course the track record on gun laws lately has been that nothing will happen. But still the fear is there.
Hotels are all about privacy. Things go on in hotel rooms that you'll never, ever hear about. Fancy guests would value privacy above and beyond regular guests.
Even more so in Vegas. "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."
Raven117
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What do you mean?
Battlezone
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The Cosmopolitan has balconies. I wonder if they'll close them off for a while in the aftermath, though they're a big draw for people to stay there, especially the ones facing the Bellagio fountains.
The first reply there is spot on though.
Fair enough. I guess I'm half-moron, as I enjoy both for different reasons. I don't think the ATF will ban them, but I do think they'll put them on the NFA registry (same as suppressors, SBRs, etc.)
While lightning links are traditionally stamped, you could easily make one with a pair of pliers and a Dremel. It's basically just a small piece of metal that fits over the trigger group. Getting caught with an unregistered one (even when it's not in the gun) is a felony, of course.
Let's wait for a better source than the NY Post.
I've gone to pretty nice hotels in other countries, and they've had metal detectors, and pat down's. Once done, your treated really fucking well.
I haven't been to any fancy hotel's in America, but as long as they value the guest's safety, and treat you amazing after, shouldn't it be okay?
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None of that means that a Federally illegal fully automatic weapon was used in this attack.
Poor GRIMES
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Boring. You both need to remember how this would have been framed had this been a PoC behind that trigger. There'd be no personal accounts of said person dominating the media cycle.
NullPointer
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Its being widely reported. And CNN covered it 20 minutes ago.
SchrodingerC
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Any politician that has written or said thoughts and prayers can go shove the statement up their ass. I am so sick and tired of reading their prepared responses; they should be doing something meaningful instead.
That has nothing to do with fully automatic weapons.
kruis
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Both the first and third response were cherry-picked.
Since guns are largely legal in most states I'm not sure anyone would have made a big deal about it anyway. One of the talking heads on TV brought up a good point about Vegas hosting a huge gun event where people bring lots of guns.
Dude, Fuck TMZ. What's the point of the article.
Jawbreaker
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Of course. If Sandy Hook was a hoax, surely this was, too.
DrForester
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Updated casualty numbers.
https://twitter.com/business/status/914879852670521347
Death count - 58
Injured - 518
https://twitter.com/business/status/914879852670521347
Death count - 58
Injured - 518
Meanwhile, many of them will continue to collect their paychecks as they continue to enable massacres to happen.
Just another day in gun toting America.
everyday math
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😔 it will only rise.
Croatoan
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5.56 = $$ these days. If you got it that is fine but I have to make bullets count!
There isn't one TMZ is trash, just the response I saw where like every mass shooter almost is white proves the whole dumb article wrong.
no it doesnt, did you even read the link? He doesnt fit the profile because he has no priors, no indication of radicalization and no military history. These are all very common in these kinds of shootings.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Most serial killers look like normal people to their neighbors. Even the guy's brother didn't suspect a thing. The media reporting this is not whitewashing.
Gaius Cassius
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I've used and own one. Only used it once and got bored of it. As you say, it's a waste of ammo as well as uncomfortable and inaccurate. It serves no purpose but to spray and pray 'for fun'. Banning them might be a little complicated actually. There are more than just bump fire stocks, but special gloves that do the same, as well as quick pull triggers like Tac Con, which are much more dependable and are comfortable. It's a whole class of weapons practically.
therealist
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Why should politicians do something that the public doesn't want. While politicians are bad, they are just a reflection of the people who elect them.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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NBC, CNN and all other sources reported already, sorry, that was a quick Google search link. I'll repost another source.
Poor GRIMES
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It is. PoC also have neighbors, and PoC that are interviewed after an attack also claim the same things their White counterparts do regarding the assailant. Yet, you don't see how "shocking" it is that a PoC committed a crime, rather, you see headlines proclaiming that it was expected
Croatoan
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Could they not add to the law something like, "blah blah and any device that is added to the gun that attempts to simulate full auto fire is also banned, felony, etc." ?
Stay away from twitter, the amount of toxic and misleading shit is staggering.
First he's from ISIS
Then He's from Antifa
Then He's a Hillary Supporter
Then he's a Trump Protestor
Now he's a feminist
Now they're photoshopping his face onto random left wing protestors
All these things have thousands of retweets.
First he's from ISIS
Then He's from Antifa
Then He's a Hillary Supporter
Then he's a Trump Protestor
Now he's a feminist
Now they're photoshopping his face onto random left wing protestors
All these things have thousands of retweets.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I know this is slightly off topic but do we know how much ammo/munitions this guy had ? Even in open carry states .. isn't there any kind of red flag or something if someone is hoarding enough ammo to injure 500 people ?
Temeculan3000
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Pulling the trigger really fast is an attempt to simulate full auto.
Many states do have limits to go much ammo you can buy at once, but he could have hoarded ammo for a while to get around that. Especially since it seems he put considerable planning into this.
Pretty sure the majority of americans are actually for sensible gun laws.
parrotbeak
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Has anyone done further research on Dan Bilzerian returning to the Strip with a gun? I know he posted that and while the active shooter status was still ongoing, the police scanner had reports of a white man with a gun entering a club, possibly to clear it out?
I just think it's absolutely maddening that we had a white shooter and possibly an armed white man walking around trying to save people. What would have happened if a black or brown civilian did that?
I just think it's absolutely maddening that we had a white shooter and possibly an armed white man walking around trying to save people. What would have happened if a black or brown civilian did that?
Haha acting like money isn't a thing in politics. Ever heard of the NRA?
efyu_lemonardo
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How would anyone know he was hoarding ammo?
Supposedly he brought thousands of bullets.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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^ ^ This x 10
LT Snoshado
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As far as I'm aware, there isn't really a way to monitor how much ammo someone stockpiles... but there may be a limit on how much can be purchased in one transaction.
therealist
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Well they certainly don't vote for people who want it.
Croatoan
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Trigger is part of the original gun.
From the the man our President said has an amazing reputation, and thought highly enough to appear on his show.
Thanks for the replies. When I hear 10+ rifiles, a boatload of ammo.. I'm thinking the weight alone would be difficult to transport, let alone the size of it. I wasn't trying to say it couldn't be easily done, just that it SEEMED really difficult to do.
I didn't realize you can pack that much shit into a suitcase
I didn't realize you can pack that much shit into a suitcase
Good lord.
Indeed. When a white man deliberately drove towards Muslims leaving a mosque in London recently, it was quickly and quite rightly labelled a terrorist attack by the police and government. Not a hate crime, a terrorist attack. He wasn't part of any group as far as we know, but he was clearly trying to cause terror. Just as this despicable individual did in Las Vegas last night.
But as I said before, had this person been a Muslim, then there would have been no hesitation in the US labelling it a terrorist attack.
Johnny Cage In The Shower
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Jesus!!
It's been over 15 hours since the incident, maybe 12 hours since the suspect was identified, yet no one has any clue what his motives were.. No note left behind, no manifesto, no social media page, no special story from brother/relative... No one has anything on this guy... Why is it hard to believe that media is just reporting what they know about the guy and not because of some racist agenda?
Why do you always have to make everything a race issue, let's discuss such topic when we have a spec of evidence, yeah?
Any person of color would have already been shot on their way to the Strip due to a broken tail light.
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