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posted by martyb on Monday October 02 2017, @04:18PM   Printer-friendly

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/02/554976369/section-of-las-vegas-strip-is-closed-after-music-festival-shooting

A gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.

Editorializing: Interesting how media always emphasize ISLAMIC terrorists, but downplay domestic terrorism as psychologically disturbed individual lone-wolfs.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by edIII on Monday October 02 2017, @07:40PM (3 children)

    by edIII (791) on Monday October 02 2017, @07:40PM (#576132)

    While it's not plastic spoons, an impressive [wikipedia.org] amount [wikipedia.org] of killings can be done with knives.

    That's why it's always more intelligent to treat the cause and not the symptom. Get rid of all guns, and it will be knives. Make sure all knives are gone, and that kitchens somehow function with it out them, and it will be bombs. Get rid of the explosives and it will be poison. At some point, you will need to heavily, heavily, heavily, lock down the 3D maker crowds with their printers. What about CNC mills and all those people with skills to just make a gun?

    I'm more interested in the cause. Society is fracturing and tearing itself apart as we speak. From reading different articles about it, this guy had no money problems, no religious or political affiliations, and was retired with multiple private aircraft while being a high stakes gambler. What the fuck was his motivation to bring that much firepower and rain it down on a concert? ISIS is taking responsibility, but that isn't credible given the other evidence.

    Whatever motivated this guy to do what he did, would motivate him to do something beyond guns and rifles. That may have actually had for more impact, meaning something other than a gun. What would an explosive vest have done? Some hover drones with 1KG of simtex? What would ricin do sprayed above the crowd for a few minutes via drone?

    That's why I'm more interested in the cause. Life is really just one big fucking toolbox, and if you have the skills, time, and motivation, you can get shit done.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 02 2017, @07:54PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 02 2017, @07:54PM (#576139) Journal

    I've been waiting for a conspiracy theorist to point the finger at the FBI/CIA/other alphabet soup agency. Projecting voices into the man's head, forcing him to take action. Alas, none have stepped forward to suggest it, so I'll have to bring it up. *big grin*