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Did The Vegas Shooter Use A Fully Automatic Weapon?
hot air ^ | 10-2-17

Posted on 10/02/2017 8:58:36 AM PDT by doug from upland

Opinion is divided this morning on Twitter among people who, unlike me, know more than the most basic basics about firearms. It’s not a matter of mere curiosity; as you (should) know, fully automatic weapons have been illegal in the U.S. for decades, which is why even mass shooters hellbent on murder unto death never use them. If Stephen Paddock used a machine gun, how on earth did he get it?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; lasvegas; lvmassacre; mandalaymassacre; massmurder; paddock; paddockweapons; stephenpaddock
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1 posted on 10/02/2017 8:58:36 AM PDT by doug from upland
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Charles C. W. Cooke ✔@charlescwcooke If true, big departure. Full auto costs $10,000+, requires deep FBI check; legal autos used 3 crimes since ‘34. (1) https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/914822207913721857 … 5:23 AM - Oct 2, 2017 157 157 Replies 1,189 1,189 Retweets 1,547 1,547 likes
2 posted on 10/02/2017 8:59:26 AM PDT by doug from upland (Stand and honor the flag --- locking arms BS doesn't cut it)
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Probably not, I mean...those things are illegal

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3 posted on 10/02/2017 8:59:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: doug from upland

From hearing the video, yes.


4 posted on 10/02/2017 9:00:03 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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No way you could get off 400 rounds otherwise. Your finger would be ready to fall off halfway through that.


5 posted on 10/02/2017 9:01:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: doug from upland

It sure sounded like an automatic was used on the videos that are being shown.


6 posted on 10/02/2017 9:01:42 AM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem wiath socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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Slide fire stocks most likely....


7 posted on 10/02/2017 9:02:01 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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... as you (should) know, fully automatic weapons have been illegal in the U.S. for decades...

Well, that's not true.
8 posted on 10/02/2017 9:02:07 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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The guy had money so it seems. It isn’t hard to convert semi into full automatic.


9 posted on 10/02/2017 9:02:17 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: doug from upland

From the sound bytes I heard, it sounded like this maniac had high capacity drum mags.


10 posted on 10/02/2017 9:02:31 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: doug from upland

Opinion is divided this morning on Twitter among people who, unlike me, know more than the most basic basics about firearms.


Among those that know more than those that know more than the most basic basics about firearms, opinions are not divided. It was a fully automatic gun.

I have to admit that if he injured over 500 and killed over 50, you would think the barrel would be a blob of molten steel, though.


11 posted on 10/02/2017 9:03:05 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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The sound from the video definitely indicates a rate of fire from a fully automatic rifle...... whether initially designed or modified, the end result in this case would be similar.....


12 posted on 10/02/2017 9:03:24 AM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

>>From hearing the video, yes.<

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was what I heard. Had to be.

Get ready for the gun grabbers, who I am sure are jumping with glee at this tragedy.


13 posted on 10/02/2017 9:03:34 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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To: Sopater

What is the legal status of such guns?


14 posted on 10/02/2017 9:04:08 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Yup. Same thing I heard.


15 posted on 10/02/2017 9:05:27 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: doug from upland

This presumes he would acquire a fully automatic weapon legally.


16 posted on 10/02/2017 9:06:17 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: doug from upland

My wife, and I am sure she is not alone, is asking this morning why automatic weapons are allowed ‘with all of these attacks’. Explained to her that I think this is the first US terrorist attack with an automatic weapon. Ban machine guns she suggests. And how do we carve that out and keep the 2nd amendment alive? Argument on both sides is that automatic weapons likely make up what, maybe 1% of all privately owned guns?


17 posted on 10/02/2017 9:06:29 AM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: ifinnegan
What is the legal status of such guns?

Machine Guns Are Legal: A Practical Guide to Full Auto
18 posted on 10/02/2017 9:06:44 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: robroys woman

I have to admit that if he injured over 500 and killed over 50, you would think the barrel would be a blob of molten steel, though.

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He had more than one.


19 posted on 10/02/2017 9:06:50 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jimbug

The amount of rounds does not matter in the discussion. It was fully automatic, whether original or modified is the only question of a salient post event investigation. My ear says they were 308 or 7.62 rounds, most likely 7.62.


20 posted on 10/02/2017 9:07:13 AM PDT by mazda77
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