1)the flash you see in movies and on tv is NOT what happens in real life 2)he was smart enough to NOT stick the muzzle out the window
Posted on 10/09/2017 1:02:01 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
“He could’ve been murdered”
Autopsy complete. No info being released.
http://www.khq.com/story/36554810/las-vegas-shooting-autopsy-on-gunmans-body-complete
I believe you’re thinking of a video of a strobe flashing in a reflection on a window. I’ve watched every bit of the live video, at least once, and never saw muzzle flash.
No, it was plainly muzzle flashes from the 32nd floor. As I said they had it circled and it was in the right location.
I was the first on here to expose the strobe light issue. Everybody was claiming it was a 2nd shooter and it was plainly not, it was a strobe light. Videos before and after the shooting show it still flashing.
You’ve never been on an Army night-fire range, have you.
One of the things I find curious about the scene is that I don’t see any signs that he was wearing any kind of hearing protection.
Could he have been using smokeless powder? The Japanese used it during WW2.
Impossible. Building codes and fire regulations don’t allow that.
I doubt he smashed the windows and then took a break, watched a little TV and relaxed for a bit.
The gunfire most likely started within seconds after the windows were smashed which means anyone calling about broken glass would've been calling in the middle of all the pandemonium.
You are definitely not an expert. The “flash suppressors” were put on those things specifically to reduce the flash. At night, a 5.56mm muzzle flash is a few little orange spikes that flash out radially from the suppressor. They don’t hurt your eyes or even interfere with your night vision.
Video camera images from a cell phone are highly processed and compressed and are not the same as what the human eye would see or what film would preserve. When there are bright areas at night, cell phone video cameras brighten them up for maximum clarity and leave dark areas with little definition. Small and brief flashes of light hundreds of feet away usually end up getting suppressed. Try it yourself by taking some video at night of distant scenes that are almost entirely in the dark.
In at least one of the videos of people fleeing - you can hear one fellow say - he saw muzzle flash from Mandalay Bay. I think it was one of the ones with security guys getting people behind concrete barriers. Sorry - no link. But - I think that’s better evidence than any video.
...because he had surveillance cameras set up.
But all accounts indicate the cameras weren't recording when the swat team finally made it to the door.
I doubt the cameras were ever recording (or attached to a recording device) - he was using them for surveillance.
There are reports that the swat team "exchanged gun fire" with Paddock before breaching the door with explosives and finding him dead on the floor from, what was described as, a self inflicted gun shot wound to the head.
This video contradicts that statement. The SWAT team didn't even know if Paddock was still in the room when they blew the door open.
He was a prepared guy. Not having hearing protection doesn’t make much sense. Maybe he took it off before he shot himself and it’s just not in the pictures.
Also interesting - it was just revealed at the LV Sherrif Presser that Campos was shot BEFORE the melee began. And Campos also reported hearing “drilling” - Sherrif said the drilling wasn’t complete.
I wondered about that, as well. Perhaps it was blown across the room when he shot himself, but right now it does remain a good question.
Hearing protection comes in many forms - not just big over the ear cans. He might have had plugs in.
Decide what you want to believe. The pick and choose that information that supports those beliefs. Disregard and ignore the information that contradicts what you believe.
I mean, might as well, that's how so many people do it, and they seem to live decently happy lives. People on all sides of the political spectrum happily engage in this sort of delusionary thinking. Its human nature apparently. Don't let us dissuade you.
1)the flash you see in movies and on tv is NOT what happens in real life 2)he was smart enough to NOT stick the muzzle out the window
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