Las Vegas Shooting: More Questions Than Answers

By Douglas V. Gibbs
Author, Speaker, Instructor, Radio Host

Logic.  I try to be as logical as I can be with the information provided.  While I am not a conspiracy theorist, I do believe that sometimes the folks that we sometimes are convinced have aluminum caps on their heads and a calculator in their shirt pocket may be on to something – though their explanation as to why something is the way it is may not always be exactly right.

The Las Vegas shooting earlier this week, which has turned out to be the deadliest mass shooting in modern American History, has me a little puzzled.  I have questions, and while I am not ready to chase a “the government did it” narrative, I do believe there are elements in certain positions of power in government, and in non-government entities (such as education and the media) who may be willing to go so far as to stage a shooting (some believe Sandy Hook was staged) so as to advance their agenda regarding gun control, or take advantage of a truly horrific and true shooting so as to bend and twist (or simply not reveal all aspects) of the truth from something that may hurt their leftist narrative to a story that would be more beneficial to what they are trying to accomplish.

That all said, let me pose a few questions that, while I am not quite sure there is some sinister conspiracy going on, show that everything regarding this shooting just does not completely add up.

1.  Stephen Paddock has been described as a 64 year old man who has no political or religious preferences, and no interest in firearms (He was not known to have strong political beliefs, an interest in firearms, a history of violence, mental-health issues, or anything else that might explain why he would commit such a horrific act.  NYMAG).  How is it, then, that he suddenly became a proficient shooter with firearms he expertly modified so that they could automatically fire, killing 59 people, and injuring over 500, all by himself from a block away (several hundred feet) from an elevated staging point?

2.  He killed over 50 people, injured over 500 (granted, many of the 527 wounded were hurt during the chaos of stampeding bodies running for some kind of safety), and did so in a span of 10 to 15 minutes.  While the most proficient shooter may be capable of such a thing, a guy with no interest in firearms and no military experience would likely not be able to pull it off.

3.  The windows of the Mandalay Bay hotel do not open, and the only two windows broken at the hotel are the two from Paddock’s vast suite on the 32nd floor.  If that is the case, then what are the flashes of light on the fourth floor being reported by some people who claim there was another shooter on the fourth floor?
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4.  Based on the images provided, Paddock looks like an average 64 year old that is probably not in great shape.  How is it that the senior citizen shooter smuggled 23 firearms, plenty of ammunition, and all of the other gear to his hotel room by himself without any help without straining his back, and without being noticed?  Where was security?  Is there video showing him do all of this work?  Did he lug it all up there in one day, or over a period of time?

5. His own brother asked a question we should be asking: “He’s not an avid gun guy at all. The fact that he had those kind of weapons is just – where the hell did he get automatic weapons? He has no military background or anything like that,” he told MSNBC.  He likely used “bump-stocks” to enable his rifles to fire repeatedly.