jlf1961
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ORIGINAL: Greta75
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
No, he had a room in the Mandalay hotel/casino, on the 32nd floor. So he was a spree killer with some idea of style since those rooms run $100 a night for a king room.
Why are all you guys saying 32nd floor AS IF that is very near to the crowd? If the crowd was on the ground and he is at 32nd storey, that's freaking far away! That's why I thought he sniped.
greta, the term sniping means firing from a concealed position on selected targets.
snipe
/snīp/shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.
This does not necessarily mean that the shooter is in an elevated position. The DC snipers that terrorized the Washington DC/ Arlington VA area fired from a parked mini van.
Hell, he could have been laying in an open field wearing a ghillie suit and it would still be sniping.
Might I suggest you look up the terms before using them?
However, from all accounts, the man was randomly shooting into the crowd, and from the 32nd floor across the street from the event, into a crowd does not require accuracy. it is just a matter of point and shoot.
In fact, in this instance, the crowd worked to his favor, he didnt really need to select a target and aim. In other words, his rounds were addressed "to whom it may concern."
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ORIGINAL: LadyDemura
Why again are people allowed to own guns like this?
Or any guns at all?
This shooter was not in the military, if only the well regulated militia clause was enforced, this horrible shooting would not have occurred.
Two points to your question, as per the US Supreme Court and Federal law:
10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Item 2 is why semi automatic weapons are allowed in civilian hands, and, full auto and selective fire are allowed in civilian hands after the proper permits have been obtained from the US Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
However, select fire and full auto weapons are only allowed IF they have been manufactured prior to 1984.
So, if I had the $325,0000 to buy one of six 7.7 mm miniguns (belt fed machine gun with a rate of fire of 6000 rounds a minute) and the $425 for the ATF permit, I could own a nice gun I would go broke buying ammo for.
I am presently restoring two such weapons, an M1919 air cooled, belt fed 30 cal that during WW2 had been converted to have a butt instead of the traditional trigger and a 30.06 BAR.
Now, my justification for owning and restoring these two classics is very simple, they never caught the critter responsible for this, and where there is one 12 ton armadillo there has to be more.
< Message edited by jlf1961 -- 10/2/2017 3:56:43 PM >
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