Americans enjoying the Route 91 3 day Country Music Festival in Las Vegas , Nevada were thrilled as Jason Aldean started to perform his final song of the final act of the festival , children on their parents shoulders to get a glimpse of the country singers final song , brothers , sisters , husbands , wives , and complete strangers all there for one reason , to have a fun memorable weekend filled with good music , good people and an escape from the everyday grind of life .
At the very same time Stephen Paddock was in the final stage of a meticulous plan to make sure that anyone attending this venue will either be mentally , physically , or mortally scarred for life , unaware that above perched on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay , evil would rain down , terror , death , shattered dreams and destroyed families leaving 58 dead and 480 wounded and some still in critical condition.
All walks of life attended the Route 91 Country Music Fest , Off Duty Police Officers , Military personal and I am quite positive ,that the 22,000 people in attendance planned to attend this venue for a loved ones birthday , a special event for you to take your family for a weekend filled with good music and a patriotic , and positive atmosphere .
I do not think anyone at this venue was a gun toting Republican that doesn't care about kids being killed by an unlocked firearms, or guns being used in mass shootings by deranged cowards " as Hayley Ceftman - Gold
( A CBS Top Legal Executive ) would like you to believe " Posts on Facebook That " The Vegas Victims Had It Coming ".
These are human beings not Republicans , not Democrats , HUMAN BEINGS . At this point in our history we are at a crossroad , are we going to use death and carnage to politicize tragedy's to push a particular agenda ? Within hours Mainstream Media was not even covering the amazing stories of the first res-ponders , before pushing the issue of lax gun laws in Nevada , and if this will get congress to act on gun control . No respect for the family's of the people who were senselessly gunned down , for
"BEING COUNTRY MUSIC FANS " , oh yea you can't forget the Gun Toting Republicans !
These heroes that you are hearing ran toward the shots , ran toward the danger , for you , me, all of us . That is what this country is based on . You seen people using there personal vehicles to shuttle the wounded and dying away, people gave CPR and shielded strangers with there own bodies , two friends spoke of being overwhelmed and a man they didn't know told them to lay down , and he covered them taking bullets to his back killing him , but the two women survived . Americans stood strong and helped each other in the face of danger and death , these brave people ultimately proved to rest of the world that in times of complete chaos , with death all around them they did not skip a beat , first res-ponders pin pointed where the danger was coming from and eliminated the threat .
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The 4 days leading up to this tragic event Stephen Paddock was transforming his specially
picked hotel rooms at the Mandalay Bay that had most favorable vantage points of the 22,000 patrons below . He actually was solving equations that would give him the right angle , direction, and distance to do as much damage as possible , this is why he customized and built platforms that he would ultimately place in front of 2 different windows with 2 different vantage points , this was planned as an escape in my opinion . Nobody that I have researched in Americas lengthy that he modified his weapons with for stabilization while firing his modified AR 15 shown below . If you look closely at the were the trigger is located and back towards the handle you will see an attachment called a Slide Fire / Bump Stock . There was 12 Weapons with bump fire stocks the in the hotel room . I have used one of these attachments and it does mimic automatic gunfire , but these pictures that were leaked are 3 of 23 weapons in the room . So before speculating on him using these attachments and only these weapons is irresponsible.
How 'Bump-stock' devices work
A conventional semi-automatic rifle fires a shot every time the trigger is pulled. It then has to be released to allow the firing mechanism to be reset. It is capable of firing 60 rounds a minute
The bump stock replaces the rifle’s built-in shoulder stock, effectively turning it into a rifle that has the capability to fire numerous rounds at a higher rate of speed than the simple pull of a trigger using your finger.
The Trigger
Equipped with a spring the bump stock uses the recoil to bounce the firing mechanism forward, hitting the trigger continuously against the user’s finger. This makes it possible to fire 50 to 75 rounds a minute , butttttt the likely hood that the weapon overheated or jammed well before he would have planned on it happening , that is for sure.
What we do know is that he planted a camera in his room , hallway on a food cart, and the peephole was rigged up also , originally my gut feeling told me that someone who was this meticulous in planning these atrocity's would definitely have a way to immortalize himself forever in video glorifying his pathetic life that didnt ever mean anything in this world anyway , the peep hole in the door " allegedly " got his attention cause of a security guard he sprayed 200 rounds down the hall through the door , he didnt want to wait to see when police were coming into the hallway , so the security guard was hit in the leg in the hallway but he still provided valuable info to the swat team about which door he was firing from . This individual planned this to a tee , almost as if he was going to escape , the amount of ammo and guns would lead you to believe that he thought that he would last a lot longer than he did .
At 10:08 he started firing , he fired 12 volleys , for 11 minutes . At 10:19 he stopped firing on the crowd and at 10:24 they identified the room . Officers arrived outside the door 16 minutes after the massacre . That is an amazing response time for someone hiding 4 football fields away , 32 story's up at night . That is truly what saved lives , Without that this story would have been different .
That is what we know about what happen on that night . But other than that this guy is a ghost , he has lots of guns , a millionaire real estate investor , divorced , girlfriend in Philippines gets wired 100,000 to her after he sends her away ??? The FBI is having a tough one on this . The hardest thing to accept about some of these crimes or criminals no matter the crime committed by them , you may never be able to find reason in it , let alone motive , people cant accept that things sometimes happen just cause of someone else's choices .
I started writing this the first day it happened and after watching the news and seeing the people killed and family members distraught looking for loved ones and I realized that I should be focused on healing , grieving , and showing solidarity with the rest of the country who is standing right now with a message of strength , hope , and most important unity .
Thanks Fellow #steemians I hope I dont offend anyone with this post , but I feel strongly about it and its a valued character traits of mine to be supportive ,involved, and most importantly not falling under pressure and being who I am , even when my values and morals are being attacked physically or ideologically , never give in never give in , never never never !!!!
I butchered that Winston Churchill quote but you get the idea ............ steeeemonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn love this place !!!!!!!