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Explosives, too:

artappraiser — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 01:20:59 +0000

In reply to Police Identify Lone Las Vegas Shooter As Stephen Paddock (mystery man so far)

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Explosives, too:

artappraiser — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 01:19:43 +0000

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Explosives, too:

Las Vegas killer had more explosives, 1,600 rounds of ammo in car

By Holly Yan, Faith Karimi and Darran Simon @ CNN, Updated 6:37 PM ET

[....] He also had more than 50 pounds of explosives and 1,600 rounds of ammunition in his car in the hotel parking lot, police said.

Investigators think Paddock intended to survive the massacre, Las Vegas police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Wednesday.

"He was doing everything possible to see how he could escape," Lombardo said, declining to detail specifics [....]

Law enforcement analyst: Car bomb possible

Of the explosives found in Paddock's car, authorities first found several pounds of ammonium nitrate, Lombardo said.

He said a later search of cases found in the car revealed 50 pounds of Tannerite -- a brand-name product that's marketed as explosive rifle targets.

The cache of explosives in Paddock's car could indicate plans for a car bomb, CNN law enforcement analyst Art Roderick said.

"Those explosives, that's the scary part. What was he going to do with those? I mean, you don't just acquire them and leave them in your vehicle and not have a plan for them," said Roderick, former assistant director of the US Marshals Service.

"The Tannerite could have set off the ammonium nitrate," Roderick said. "So, was he using that as a vehicle-borne explosive device?" [....]

Suggests that the attack had

artappraiser — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:11:41 +0000

In reply to Police Identify Lone Las Vegas Shooter As Stephen Paddock (mystery man so far)

Suggests that the attack had nothing to do with resentment towards country music or its sub-culture:

Mr. Lombardo said that a few days before the shooting, the gunman took another set of rooms in a high-rise building near another music festival. Through Airbnb, he rented a unit in the Ogden, a condominium building in downtown Las Vegas with a view of the Life is Beautiful festival, held from Sept. 22 to Sept. 25.

from New York Times' most recent update.

Also here:

Las Vegas Gunman May Have Targeted Lollapalooza & Life Is Beautiful Festivals

Associated Press, 10/5

So let's see the research for

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 03:08:00 +0000

In reply to The genetic issue raises it's

So let's see the research for the criminal gene, the Bad Seed. Bank robbery and gambling are gateway ~~drugs~~ chromisomes for callous premeditated mass slaughter? Who knew. If they'd seuqenced that Columbine kid in kindergarten rather than high school, might have forestalled a rampage. And that Drumpf character... INS genetics dept?

Guess can put away those lead leading to violence studues now too...

Roseanne Cash: Country

artappraiser — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 02:20:49 +0000

In reply to one of the musicians in the

Roseanne Cash: Country Musicians, Stand Up to the N.R.A., guest op-ed @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 3

The NYTimes has a

artappraiser — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:18:47 +0000

In reply to Police Identify Lone Las Vegas Shooter As Stephen Paddock (mystery man so far)

The NYTimes has a substantially updated and filled out bio piece on Paddock this morning:

Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Suspect, Was a Gambler Who Drew Little Attention

The way I understand it the

ocean-kat — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:04:40 +0000

In reply to Flag flies at half-assed

The way I understand it so far the theory is the gun was likely not modified. There's a simply device that fits on the trigger. It has a crank. You turn the crank and it pulls the trigger faster than you can pull it with your finger. Guns are simple machines especially rifles made for the military. They're designed to be easy to take apart and clean in the field. Everyone in the military has to learn how to take apart, clean, and put together an M-16 in a certain amount of time to get out of BCT. Even a trumpet player in the army band like me has to go through BCT. After that I never touched a gun for the next 4 years I was in the army. Anyone with a moderate amount of mechanical ability could modify most semi-automatics to full automatic. But you can't get the parts to do it.

Anyone can buy as many guns as they want. It just takes money and a clean background check. At gun shows or over the internet you often don't even need a background check. If you're buying 20 rifles in a week it's probably best to buy them at different stores so as not to arouse suspicion. But no one is keeping track of how many guns a person buys.

Flag flies at half-assed

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 06:41:00 +0000

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Flag flies at half-assed

Just don't kneel.

America will "come tigwther" with "shared values", Trump said.

Well I don't share *your* values, motherfucker - you're an ignorant incompetent pussy-grabbing thieving freak.

I'd ask you to do something, but I know that you can't and you won't - worse than useless, disruptive and simply in the way, a no-good half-human roadblock.

Maybe we'll get a golf trophy for Vegas victims: "warmest condolences, now suck it"

Fuck you and every son-and-daughter-of-a-bitch who voted for you and hasn't apologized yet.

Palmer on gun control

And Dick, I'm waiting for final vedict - something strikes me as off - the guy wasn't a gun nut, not a gun guy at all - where did he get all these weapons, who modified them in a way no amateur could? Was anyone else in that room before police arrived? I know it's unlikely for someone to slip out, but...

Let's hope this sentiment

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:06:35 +0000

In reply to one of the musicians in the

Let's hope this sentiment goes viral. Dem-splainin doesnt seem to help, just another brownie point in the culture wars.

one of the musicians in the

artappraiser — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 23:49:27 +0000

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one of the musicians in the show:

pic.twitter.com/0NFjHf3PW2
— Caleb Keeter (@Calebkeeter) October 2, 2017

Tweet quote from

Country Music Stars Recoil in Shock at Las Vegas Shooting

By Niraj Chokshi & Joe Coscarelli @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 2

Country music artists and other performers expressed words of sympathy as well as frustration over gun violence on Monday as they mourned the mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. One guitarist who played there said that the killings had changed his views on gun laws.

Some of these comments were politically striking, given that country music — which is widely popular across the nation — has a vocal fan base among gun owners. In 2010, the National Rifle Association started NRA Country to show “a softer side” of its organization. Its artist partners include some of the genre’s biggest stars, including Trace Adkins, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr and Thomas Rhett.

The performer whose views had shifted — Caleb Keeter of the Josh Abbott Band, which was part of the weekend lineup in Las Vegas — said on Twitter on Monday that he had been “a proponent of the Second Amendment my entire life.” [....]