Not to be hyper-critical, but don’t buy into this “lone wolf” BS - in this or any other situation. If one is an adherent to a philosophy or religion that compels its members to kill anyone who is not an adherent, that person is not a lone wolf, especially as it relates to fundamentalist interpretations of the Quran. As to allowing them into our country, it’s been going on for years. Google the name “George [Korkor Artin] Tajirian.”
Not sure what the statistics are today, but a few short years ago not a single imam in the United States was born here and the vast majority were adherents to one or more of the extreme fundamental Islamic sects, particularly Wahhabism (a Saudi sect).
While there are only circumstantial indications that Paddock might have been a convert (ISIS threat of an attack in Las Vegas, threats that “all of you will die” at the concert, the massacre itself and ISIS’ claim of responsibility and that Paddock was one of their soldiers), one has to wonder: Did Paddock have a Class III FFL and, if not, how and from whom did he obtain a fully-automatic weapon? Fully-auto weapons are not cheap and, as a rule, can’t be purchased at the local gun shop.
A lot yet to be learned about this attack...
I don't. First of all a true lone wolf attack is rare. Normally there's an organization behind the person getting the weapons used and making them available to the so-called lone wolf.
That so-called lone wolf is really just the tip on that one spear with lots of support behind it. The spear by itself is no more useful than a knife but on the staff it can be propelled with momentum striking at a distance; far more than just a knife by itself.
In this case the guy had a fully automatic spear thrower which enabled the killing and wounding of hundreds. Something else a lone knife could not do unless the victims were bound and helpless as sheep.
So far indications do point to a rare lone wolf attack for reasons not yet known that I've heard. I do hope a motive is found for the sake of the families, friends, and nation in general.