Las Vegas: Active shooter reported near Mandalay Bay

[txradioguy]

President speaking now.

He's saying what needs to be said...and more importantly..in a way that it needs to be said.

[INVAR]

How conveeeenient for this guy to be some white guy who 'just snapped' with no record, no political affiliations or religion?

Too well-planned, to well executed to be some nitwit that went nuts IMO.

The screams for gun control are starting to get shrill, and the tweetosphere/FB fora is ramping up the BLM charge that whites are a national security threat.

Since so many of our own now in this land profess a searing hatred for the country and the people in it, it is hard to know if it's Antifa, BLM, ISIS or all of the above.

[txradioguy]

How conveeeenient for this guy to be some white guy who 'just snapped' with no record, no political affiliations or religion?

Too well-planned, to well executed to be some nitwit that went nuts IMO.

The screams for gun control are starting to get shrill, and the tweetosphere/FB fora is ramping up the BLM charge that whites are a national security threat.

Since so many of our own now in this land profess a searing hatred for the country and the people in it, it is hard to know if it's Antifa, BLM, ISIS or all of the above.

Daesh is claiming he's a convert.

[Just_Victor]

President speaking now.

I've not seen that Trump is a particular spiritual man, but let me just say,

Well spoken Mr President.

[jpsb]

He appears to have been an enemy combatant (ISIS). Armed with automatics weapons that are extremely difficult to legally own. Please tell me how more laws would have prevented this attack on US civilians?

[Applewood]

In an insane way, that makes sense.  Cause this guy was not exactly a "homeless" bum.  He had a $370,000 home, which would indicate that he lived well above poverty level.  Radical Islam is the only thing that would explain this incident.   

Not necessarily.  The guy could have just freaked out or maybe some grudge has been simmering in him for some time. 

A lot of these incidents are done, not by the usual trained terrorist, but by someone with a mental illness.  Rather than trying to ban guns, perhaps more can be done to find out why people suddenly decide to take out their frustrations and grievances on innocent people.

[BassWrangler]

Not really.  Most responsible gun owners know what's up with the left's attempt to disarm us.  It will take a victory by the anti-gun crowd in another civil war for that to happen.

Is that what happened with all the other anti-gun legislation that is already on the books?

[mystery-ak]

I've not seen that Trump is a particular spiritual man, but let me just say,

Well spoken Mr President.

Yes...a very heart felt response..

[skeeter]

Yes...a very heart felt response..

Very appropriate comments.

[txradioguy]

Is that what happened with all the other anti-gun legislation that is already on the books?

IMHO a lot of it was passed pre 9/11 and when a lot of people were still naïve about just how little that law enforcement does to protect you and me from your common garden variety street corner thug.

People are wiser now and understand that the only person capably of keeping them safe...is themselves.  And that requires gun ownership.

[mystery-ak]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-claims-responsibility-for-las-vegas-killings-calls-shooter-one-of-its-soldiers/article/2636251
ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas shooting, calls gunman one of its 'soldiers'



No idea if this is true..Isis maybe just taking advantage of this *opportunity*

[Concerned]

I criticize Trump when I think he deserves criticizing and praise him when I think he deserves praise.  His remarks this morning were spot on IMO:  prayer and support for the victims and their family, support for law enforcement, calls for unity, flags at half-staff, and plans to travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.   Good job Mr. President.

[TomSea]

I won't buy any rumors until about 2 or 3 hours by now; sure, ISIS can claim this. What else would they do with an incident like this.

Then, some will say, don't trust CNN, ABC, etc.; maybe but I don't think the whole media can be bamboozled.

[Bigun]

How conveeeenient for this guy to be some white guy who 'just snapped' with no record, no political affiliations or religion?

Too well-planned, to well executed to be some nitwit that went nuts IMO.

The screams for gun control are starting to get shrill, and the tweetosphere/FB fora is ramping up the BLM charge that whites are a national security threat.

Since so many of our own now in this land profess a searing hatred for the country and the people in it, it is hard to know if it's Antifa, BLM, ISIS or all of the above.

Never mind that the weapon used here was a class three weapon which you do not buy at Wal-Mart!

[Applewood]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-claims-responsibility-for-las-vegas-killings-calls-shooter-one-of-its-soldiers/article/2636251
ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas shooting, calls gunman one of its 'soldiers'



No idea if this is true..Isis maybe just taking advantage of this *opportunity*

All sorts of enemies will come out of the woodwork claiming responsibility. And it's no help that the usual conspiracy theory nut job sites will perpetrate a few fantasies of their own.

Waiting for North Korea to chime in, claiming the shooter was one of their agents.   Sigh!

[XenaLee]

Is that what happened with all the other anti-gun legislation that is already on the books?

Those laws were done incrementally by the left....with Democrats in control, mostly.  What I'm saying is... if the left thinks they're going to use an incident like this to disarm Americans nationally, (like has happened in other nations ... like Australia)... they have another think coming.   We will fight another civil war first....because most of us on the right know exactly what's going on here.

[Bigun]

I criticize Trump when I think he deserves criticizing and praise him when I think he deserves praise.  His remarks this morning were spot on IMO:  prayer and support for the victims and their family, support for law enforcement, calls for unity, flags at half-staff, and plans to travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.   Good job Mr. President.

Yes indeed! 

[txradioguy]

All sorts of enemies will come out of the woodwork claiming responsibility. And it's no help that the usual conspiracy theory nut job sites will perpetrate a few fantasies of their own.

Waiting for North Korea to chime in, claiming the shooter was one of their agents.   Sigh!

His girlfriend/partner will answer a lot of the questions about whether he was a convert IMO.

[cato potatoe]

He appears to have been an enemy combatant (ISIS). Armed with automatics weapons that are extremely difficult to legally own. Please tell me how more laws would have prevented this attack on US civilians?

The Left will find some way to make the rest of us suffer for what this evil man did.

[BassWrangler]

IMHO a lot of it was passed pre 9/11 and when a lot of people were still naïve about just how little that law enforcement does to protect you and me from your common garden variety street corner thug.

People are wiser now and understand that the only person capably of keeping them safe...is themselves.  And that requires gun ownership.

Yeah, no.

I live  in WA, and one really annoying gun law passed here  just a year or so ago. You guys are missing that each generation has less people who are raised with firearms as a normal part of their life. Eventually you get enough libs and enough people who don't care or who aren't informed, and these laws pass. The anti-gun lobby is extremely well organized and well funded. The NRA didn't do squat to help us here, despite numerous requests, and the anti-gunners saturated the airwaves with ads that we didn't counter. Be especially cautious of your state's constitution allows popular vote (ballot) initiatives or amendments, because that's often how they get these laws on the books.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

He appears to have been an enemy combatant (ISIS). Armed with automatics weapons that are extremely difficult to legally own. Please tell me how more laws would have prevented this attack on US civilians?

Isis? Where is any evidence that he's ISIS? Does mystery-ak allow fake news on this website?

[ABX]

Not necessarily.  The guy could have just freaked out or maybe some grudge has been simmering in him for some time. 

A lot of these incidents are done, not by the usual trained terrorist, but by someone with a mental illness.  Rather than trying to ban guns, perhaps more can be done to find out why people suddenly decide to take out their frustrations and grievances on innocent people.

Very true. There are well armed nut cases out there who have nothing to do with Islam. We see them bragging on the internet all the time about what they own, hoping for a civil war, telling people they would shoot first... not all are just mouthing off.

More laws won't stop these nuts just like more and more drunk driving laws don't stop drunk drivers (the numbers keep going up and up).

[mountaineer]

Isis? Where is any evidence that he's ISIS? Does mystery-ak allow fake news on this website?

We don't yet know whether the ISIS claim is false, but it is being reported by legitimate news sources.

[ABX]

They just reported he used to be an accountant for Lockheed Martin.

[txradioguy]

Yeah, no.

I live  in WA, and one really annoying gun law passed here  just a year or so ago. You guys are missing that each generation has less people who are raised with firearms as a normal part of their life. Eventually you get enough libs and enough people who don't care or who aren't informed, and these laws pass. The anti-gun lobby is extremely well organized and well funded. The NRA didn't do squat to help us here, despite numerous requests, and the anti-gunners saturated the airwaves with ads that we didn't counter. Be especially cautious of your state's constitution allows popular vote (ballot) initiatives or amendments, because that's often how they get these laws on the books.

At this point there's no hope for the deep blue states like the one you live in.

No amount of statistical or anecdotal evidence that the more restrictive the gun laws the higher the crime rate will convince them that adding one more law to the 16,000 already in place in the country won't stop an event like what happened last night in Las Vegas.

As for myself...both of my sons and both of my daughters are really good shots. :)

That's the best we can hope for with the younger generations...teach the ones in our families as much as we can and hope for the best.