These weapons were difficult to obtain.
Some of these were reported to be modified.
He set up two shooting platforms.
Yet, according to this guy’s brother, the shooter did not have knowledge of weapons.
This doesn’t add up very well.
That could be explained away as saying the guy was loaded
(high-stakes gambling).
Some of these were reported to be modified.
That's a more interesting possibility: it means either he had the knowledge to do it, had someone else do it, or otherwise obtained them with the modifications.
Given how every person I know with a federal firearm license strives to be impeccable because the government can yank that away so easily [essentially making it impossible to do business in some cases] the latter two are really pretty unlikely.
He set up two shooting platforms.
Another interesting note; given the location and range a second platform wouldn't be much use to a single shooter. (That is, the angular difference from point A and point B from some point C [in the concert] would be quite small.)
Yet, according to this guy’s brother, the shooter did not have knowledge of weapons.
I've heard some people saying that the brothers hadn't talked in a decade or so… so I'm not sure how much of a point that is.
This doesn’t add up very well.
I agree.
Though, on the other hand, these are initial reports. (But, on the third hand, sometimes the initial reports have interesting implications.)
I simply don't know on most of this, but it's kind of astounding how quickly this has filled the news-cycle. It makes me wonder if something else is going on, either that was about to hit the news or as a diversion from the then-current news cycle.
I just talked to a retired Army Ranger who works on our car. He seemed to think they sounded modified.