Las Vegas Mass Shooting - 50 Dead, 200 Injured. Worst Mass Shooting in US History

[PS1gamenwatch]

Strange, ISIS recently claimed the attack and said that the shooter is a muslim convert. Didn't know they recruit non-arabs too?

oh yeah btw, blue checkmark hipsters are blaming both Trump and NRA for this.

Newsweek is reporting it, no video just an image:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.news...ddock-muslim-six-months-massacre-679295?amp=1

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has published a new infographic detailing how the jihadists orchestrated the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on Sunday night, despite serious doubts as to the group's involvement by authorities.

In the latest edition of ISIS's weekly Al-Naba online magazine, which was shared by its supporters Thursday on encrypted messaging app Telegram, the militant network provided more information intended to bolster its prior claims that assailant Stephen Paddock converted to Islam prior to killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more, when he opened fire on concertgoers from his 32nd floor room in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas with nearly two dozen weapons.

"A soldier of the caliphate attacked a gathering of 22,000 Americans at a concert in the city of Las Vegas, resulting in nearly 60 killed and 600 injured, " Al-Naba states, later erroneously stating the death toll at 59, instead of the revised count of 58.

"Brother Abu Abdul Bar stationed himself in a room on the 32nd floor of a hotel overlooking the concert and opened fire continuously on the crowds using 23 firearms and more than 2,000 bullets and died, may God accept him, after running out of ammunition," it added.

In trying to piece together a motive for Paddock's shooting spree, authorities have scrutinized ISIS's claims, but have said they don't believe the militants were involved. Paddock, a frequent gambler and drinker by most accounts, has not been revealed to host any radical connections or converted to Islam at any point. While his father was revealed to have once been on the FBI's Most Wanted List, Paddock's brother said Monday he was "completely dumbfounded" by the attack.

"There is no indication that there is any link whatsoever. They claim a lot of things," a U.S. official, unauthorized to speak publicly and speaking on condition of anonymity, told Newsweek Monday.

ISIS has previously claimed responsibility for attacks only to be later denied by authorities, such as an apparent botched robbery in the Philippines. Terrorism and security analysis experts, however, such as Kronos Advisory co-founder Michael S. Smith II and The New York Timescorrespondent Rukmini Callimachi have pointed out that the group is rarely off and such a blatantly false narrative would be out of character for the social media savvy jihadists.

 

[The Great Chandler]

Newsweek is reporting it, no video just an image:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/isis-las-vegas-shooter-stephen-paddock-muslim-six-months-massacre-679295?amp=1

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has published a new infographic detailing how the jihadists orchestrated the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on Sunday night, despite serious doubts as to the group's involvement by authorities.

In the latest edition of ISIS's weekly Al-Naba online magazine, which was shared by its supporters Thursday on encrypted messaging app Telegram, the militant network provided more information intended to bolster its prior claims that assailant Stephen Paddock converted to Islam prior to killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more, when he opened fire on concertgoers from his 32nd floor room in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas with nearly two dozen weapons.

"A soldier of the caliphate attacked a gathering of 22,000 Americans at a concert in the city of Las Vegas, resulting in nearly 60 killed and 600 injured, " Al-Naba states, later erroneously stating the death toll at 59, instead of the revised count of 58.

"Brother Abu Abdul Bar stationed himself in a room on the 32nd floor of a hotel overlooking the concert and opened fire continuously on the crowds using 23 firearms and more than 2,000 bullets and died, may God accept him, after running out of ammunition," it added.

In trying to piece together a motive for Paddock's shooting spree, authorities have scrutinized ISIS's claims, but have said they don't believe the militants were involved. Paddock, a frequent gambler and drinker by most accounts, has not been revealed to host any radical connections or converted to Islam at any point. While his father was revealed to have once been on the FBI's Most Wanted List, Paddock's brother said Monday he was "completely dumbfounded" by the attack.

"There is no indication that there is any link whatsoever. They claim a lot of things," a U.S. official, unauthorized to speak publicly and speaking on condition of anonymity, told Newsweek Monday.

ISIS has previously claimed responsibility for attacks only to be later denied by authorities, such as an apparent botched robbery in the Philippines. Terrorism and security analysis experts, however, such as Kronos Advisory co-founder Michael S. Smith II and The New York Timescorrespondent Rukmini Callimachi have pointed out that the group is rarely off and such a blatantly false narrative would be out of character for the social media savvy jihadists.

Still butthurt over Yankee taking the score. No one can take them seriously at this point.

 

[Koby_Fish]

What I find amazing about all the salt about the NRA, is the same people who are in fact demonizing incredibly ordinary people (not even close to exclusively rich or evil fat cat billionaires) and accusing them of having congresspeople in their pocket, will absolutely lose their minds AND all their shit if the other side says WORD ONE against Planned Parenthood.

"The NRA doesn't care about people dying!"
"Planned Parenthood kills 'babies'!"
Yeah? They're doing the exact same thing to the NRA that their most hated opponents are doing to PP. BOTH are organizations that care about upholding a person's particular rights. And the hilarious part is that BOTH sides are demonizing a large number of ordinary citizens who don't take kindly to said demonization, and also VOTE.

 

[Schwachkopf]

What I find amazing about all the salt about the NRA, is the same people who are in fact demonizing incredibly ordinary people (not even close to exclusively rich or evil fat cat billionaires) and accusing them of having congresspeople in their pocket, will absolutely lose their minds AND all their shit if the other side says WORD ONE against Planned Parenthood.

"The NRA doesn't care about people dying!"
"Planned Parenthood kills 'babies'!"
Yeah? They're doing the exact same thing to the NRA that their most hated opponents are doing to PP. BOTH are organizations that care about upholding a person's particular rights. And the hilarious part is that BOTH sides are demonizing a large number of ordinary citizens who don't take kindly to said demonization, and also VOTE.

 

[The Valeyard]

The Human Zoo - Mr American Gun Control

Spoiler

When it comes to the US mass shooting epidemic, Kyle is like an unlicensed plumber you'd find on Gumtree: he may not know how to fix it, but that sure as fuck won't stop him quoting some bullshit.

On the day of the shooting, Kyle knows he needs to approach the massacre with sensitivity. Now don’t mistake his “thoughts and prayers” status for a sincere display of his condolences, it is merely the courtesy application of lube to the all-out opinionated fuckfest that is to come in the upcoming days.

His first order of business is to make more noise in the Aussie gun control echo chamber by claiming almost personal credit for Johnny Howard’s actions after the Port Arthur massacre, “America could learn a lot from us, look how effective the firearm amnesty was, it’s common sense”. Somehow, his foundation rocking message isn’t heard by even one American legislator.

Hours pass and he can’t help to feel the focus of this international news story is drifting away from his profound statement about Australia’s gun safety record. He decides to pull out the big guns that every Aussie seems to be armed with: the ability to pass off Jim Jefferies' comedy special as his own observations.

He makes Jefferiesque calls about the effect banning guns would have on the price of firearms, he Jims the fuck out of the point that guns cannot be for self-defence if they are required to be in locked cabinets and he goes Legit when he confirms that when the constitution was drafted the muskets took 20 minutes to load and fire. Mic fucking drop.

His high caliber truth bullets are hitting target after target as he reloads the ego-zine with the likes he is getting from fellow Australians. Not content with just lecturing the States on how violent they are, he also has a swipe at how racist they are.

Like an identity politician on a podium of patronisation, he goes on about how the American media focus on “mental illness” rather than “terrorism” given the shooter was a white male. Bet you’ve never heard someone make that point before.

Nevertheless, pouring the jet fuel of social progressiveness really melts the feels beam of every like-minded individual that follows him. Like a Las Vegas paramedic he is healing the wounds of American hate, one insincere Facebook update at a time.

The smoke has barely cleared from the red-hot barrel of his brilliance before he dives into Reddit to argue with real Americans about their insane conspiracy theories. His non-existent training in the SAS has given him the perfect vantage point to pick off their “strawman arguments” and “logical fallacies”. It’s like shooting candy from a baby.

Sounds like he has all the hallmarks of an impassioned anti-NRA advocate right? He is probably going to go on and do a world of good in the US congress yeh? Wrong, in a week he will have forgotten about it all and re-aligned his scope on another target: the horse racing industry he suddenly remembers he hates so much.

 

[PS1gamenwatch]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/if-isis-behind-las-vegas-shooting-terrifying-reason-prove-yet-681166?amp=1

If ISIS Was Behind Las Vegas Shooting, There's a Terrifying Reason It Won't Prove It Yet


Authorities continue to doubt that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was behind last week's massacre in Las Vegas, despite the jihadists' persistent claims the shooter acted on their behalf. According to one leading expert's analysis, however, the conflicting narratives might be playing straight into ISIS's hands.

Despite digging deep into Stephen Paddock's background, investigators have struggled to understand what drove the 64-year-old man, who described himself as a "professional gambler," to slaughter 58 people and injure hundreds more when he opened fire on crowds attending a country music concert from his 32nd-floor hotel room in Las Vegas. Nothing so far has reportedly led them to believe ISIS's claim that Paddock converted to Islam and acted as "a soldier" of the group's self-styled caliphate, leaving observers wondering why the global militant group would risk making such an outlandish, intentionally false allegation.

The answer could lie in a larger plot to exploit the U.S.'s already eroding trust in its leadership.

"If Islamic State did indeed cultivate Paddock, as it has claimed was the case, the group surely has some evidence of its engagements with him. If it does, it may be the case the group is waiting on FBI and other agencies to dismiss its claim of responsibility for the Las Vegas attack before posting contradictory evidence online for the world to see," terrorism analyst Michael S. Smith II tells Newsweek.

"Islamic State has been very focused on undermining confidence among civilians in the West that their technologically-superior governments are competent managers of our collective security," he adds.

Smith, who co-founded Kronos Advisory and regularly advises federal lawmakers on security issues, said not only would this be a blow to the intelligence community's efforts to prevent the jihadists from launching deadly attacks in the West, but it would also bolster the embattled group's appeal at a time when its quickly losing ground in Iraq and Syria.

Despite its territorial losses, ISIS has managed to maintain its public image through a sophisticated network of supporters spreading information on various outlets affiliated with the group. One of its most prominent outlets, Amaq news agency, shocked experts by taking credit for Paddock's rampage last week, despite no clear indications that the gunman was affiliated with the group, nor that he was even remotely religious, much less an ultraconservative Muslim.

Shortly after the attack, the only image available of Paddock featured him beside a woman and holding what appeared to be shot of liquor, something forbidden in Islam. An alternative image of Paddock shows him with his brother, who said he was "completely dumbfounded" by the bloodshed.

ISIS, which went so far as to dub Paddock "Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki," doubled down on its claims on Thursday by dedicating an infographic in its weekly digital magazine al-Naba to the killings. The image mostly repeated details of the attack already published by the media, but specified that Paddock had "converted to Islam six months ago."

While Las Vegas' Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Monday that police "have no intelligence or evidence the suspect was linked to any terrorist groups or radical ideologies," Smith warns that ISIS's proven ability to avoid detection helps it send potential recruits a clear message: "Intelligence agencies in the West are not actually omniscient."

The reality of this message has been demonstrated more than once before, with deadly consequences. Months prior to the series of ISIS-orchestrated gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015 in Paris, the 27-year-old "mastermind," Abdelhamid Abaaoud, bragged about evading arrest, despite traveling as a known affiliate of the group, during an interview with ISIS magazine Dabiq.

Before August's dual van-ramming and stabbing attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that killed 16, the CIA had reportedly warned Spanish authorities of an ISIS-related threat specifically on Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas, where 15 people were killed. Elsewhere in Europe, Morocco-born Youssef Zaghba, one of the men behind June's deadly vehicular ramming and stabbing attacks that killed 8 people in London, told authorities "I'm going to be a terrorist" after being stopped in an Italian airport.

Failures such as these, coupled with a "near historic low" level of trust in government among U.S. citizens, have been at least partially responsible for the climate of fear and mistrust that have caused anti-government, often far-right-leaning conspiracies to dwell. One such theory, advanced by radio show host Alex Jones of "pizzagate" shooting fame, claims Paddock was driven to kill by the left-wing movement Antifa. Despite authorities' assertion that there was no ISIS element involved in the attacks, President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday he had "no idea" if ISIS played a role.

While a number of analysts have tied ISIS attacks in the West to the group's recent setbacks in the Middle East, Smith argues that striking targets in the West has always been a core tenet of the group, which evolved from a merger of jihadists groups that included Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In fact, Smith says ISIS claims to be the heir of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who long championed attacks in the West, despite not claiming responsibility for the September 11 attacks until more than three years later.

Smith says that, in order to compete with the existing Al-Qaeda affiliates and other jihadist groups not aligned to ISIS, the group will likely continue to devote its resources to planning attacks around the world. The group's decision to release what is alleged to be a recent recording of its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is further evidence that the jihadists plan to remain on the offensive for as long as they can.

"Whether the work of an Islamic State member trained in Syria, or an aspirant jihadi who has never visited the 'caliphate' and pledges his or her loyalty to Baghdadi via tweet, attacks in the West make the group look far more competent and dedicated to the cause of punishing so-called 'disbelievers' in the West than Al-Qaeda under its current leadership," Smith tells Newsweek.

 

[Koby_Fish]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/if-isis-behind-las-vegas-shooting-terrifying-reason-prove-yet-681166?amp=1

If ISIS Was Behind Las Vegas Shooting, There's a Terrifying Reason It Won't Prove It Yet


Authorities continue to doubt that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was behind last week's massacre in Las Vegas, despite the jihadists' persistent claims the shooter acted on their behalf. According to one leading expert's analysis, however, the conflicting narratives might be playing straight into ISIS's hands.

Despite digging deep into Stephen Paddock's background, investigators have struggled to understand what drove the 64-year-old man, who described himself as a "professional gambler," to slaughter 58 people and injure hundreds more when he opened fire on crowds attending a country music concert from his 32nd-floor hotel room in Las Vegas. Nothing so far has reportedly led them to believe ISIS's claim that Paddock converted to Islam and acted as "a soldier" of the group's self-styled caliphate, leaving observers wondering why the global militant group would risk making such an outlandish, intentionally false allegation.

The answer could lie in a larger plot to exploit the U.S.'s already eroding trust in its leadership.

"If Islamic State did indeed cultivate Paddock, as it has claimed was the case, the group surely has some evidence of its engagements with him. If it does, it may be the case the group is waiting on FBI and other agencies to dismiss its claim of responsibility for the Las Vegas attack before posting contradictory evidence online for the world to see," terrorism analyst Michael S. Smith II tells Newsweek.

"Islamic State has been very focused on undermining confidence among civilians in the West that their technologically-superior governments are competent managers of our collective security," he adds.

Smith, who co-founded Kronos Advisory and regularly advises federal lawmakers on security issues, said not only would this be a blow to the intelligence community's efforts to prevent the jihadists from launching deadly attacks in the West, but it would also bolster the embattled group's appeal at a time when its quickly losing ground in Iraq and Syria.

Despite its territorial losses, ISIS has managed to maintain its public image through a sophisticated network of supporters spreading information on various outlets affiliated with the group. One of its most prominent outlets, Amaq news agency, shocked experts by taking credit for Paddock's rampage last week, despite no clear indications that the gunman was affiliated with the group, nor that he was even remotely religious, much less an ultraconservative Muslim.

Shortly after the attack, the only image available of Paddock featured him beside a woman and holding what appeared to be shot of liquor, something forbidden in Islam. An alternative image of Paddock shows him with his brother, who said he was "completely dumbfounded" by the bloodshed.

ISIS, which went so far as to dub Paddock "Abu Abdul Barr al-Amriki," doubled down on its claims on Thursday by dedicating an infographic in its weekly digital magazine al-Naba to the killings. The image mostly repeated details of the attack already published by the media, but specified that Paddock had "converted to Islam six months ago."

While Las Vegas' Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters Monday that police "have no intelligence or evidence the suspect was linked to any terrorist groups or radical ideologies," Smith warns that ISIS's proven ability to avoid detection helps it send potential recruits a clear message: "Intelligence agencies in the West are not actually omniscient."

The reality of this message has been demonstrated more than once before, with deadly consequences. Months prior to the series of ISIS-orchestrated gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in November 2015 in Paris, the 27-year-old "mastermind," Abdelhamid Abaaoud, bragged about evading arrest, despite traveling as a known affiliate of the group, during an interview with ISIS magazine Dabiq.

Before August's dual van-ramming and stabbing attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that killed 16, the CIA had reportedly warned Spanish authorities of an ISIS-related threat specifically on Barcelona's popular Las Ramblas, where 15 people were killed. Elsewhere in Europe, Morocco-born Youssef Zaghba, one of the men behind June's deadly vehicular ramming and stabbing attacks that killed 8 people in London, told authorities "I'm going to be a terrorist" after being stopped in an Italian airport.

Failures such as these, coupled with a "near historic low" level of trust in government among U.S. citizens, have been at least partially responsible for the climate of fear and mistrust that have caused anti-government, often far-right-leaning conspiracies to dwell. One such theory, advanced by radio show host Alex Jones of "pizzagate" shooting fame, claims Paddock was driven to kill by the left-wing movement Antifa. Despite authorities' assertion that there was no ISIS element involved in the attacks, President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday he had "no idea" if ISIS played a role.

While a number of analysts have tied ISIS attacks in the West to the group's recent setbacks in the Middle East, Smith argues that striking targets in the West has always been a core tenet of the group, which evolved from a merger of jihadists groups that included Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In fact, Smith says ISIS claims to be the heir of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who long championed attacks in the West, despite not claiming responsibility for the September 11 attacks until more than three years later.

Smith says that, in order to compete with the existing Al-Qaeda affiliates and other jihadist groups not aligned to ISIS, the group will likely continue to devote its resources to planning attacks around the world. The group's decision to release what is alleged to be a recent recording of its chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is further evidence that the jihadists plan to remain on the offensive for as long as they can.

"Whether the work of an Islamic State member trained in Syria, or an aspirant jihadi who has never visited the 'caliphate' and pledges his or her loyalty to Baghdadi via tweet, attacks in the West make the group look far more competent and dedicated to the cause of punishing so-called 'disbelievers' in the West than Al-Qaeda under its current leadership," Smith tells Newsweek.

Totally fucking CALLED IT (pre-emptively)

 

[MrLobe]

The shot security guard, Jesus Campos, was set to do an interview with several major news networks. Just before he was due to appear, he vanished and nobody knows where the fuck he is--despite being under "24 hour FBI surveillance" due to his role as a key witness.

Pretty spoopy.

 

[vertexwindi]

The shot security guard, Jesus Campos, was set to do an interview with several major news networks. Just before he was due to appear, he vanished and nobody knows where the fuck he is--despite being under "24 hour FBI surveillance" due to his role as a key witness.

Pretty spoopy.

He'll be back in three days.

 

[Deadwaste]

The shot security guard, Jesus Campos, was set to do an interview with several major news networks. Just before he was due to appear, he vanished and nobody knows where the fuck he is--despite being under "24 hour FBI surveillance" due to his role as a key witness.

Pretty spoopy.

it was an inside job

 

[ICametoLurk]

CNN demonstrates bump stock with grenade launcher, silencer, and no bump stock

 

[Deadwaste]

CNN demonstrates bump stock with grenade launcher, silencer, and no bump stock

10/10 best non bump stock bump stock video 2017

 

[Keystone]

CNN demonstrates bump stock with grenade launcher, silencer, and no bump stock

Fake News/10

 

[Hyperion]

if he was launching grenades into the crowd someone may have mentioned that by now so wtf CNN

 

[ICametoLurk]

 

[Hatoful Dandy]

How do social media, smartphones and wokeness exist? Capitalism.

 

[heathercho]

They're right. If we were a communist world, there'd be less people that would have died in this attack. They would have been killed by the military who'd be the only ones with the guns, way before now. That or starved to death. Also no high buildings since communist buildings collapse after 6 stories due to shitty workmanship and lack of funds. It's all so clear now.

 

[Vorhtbame]

They're right. If we were a communist world, there'd be less people that would have died in this attack. They would have been killed by the military who'd be the only ones with the guns, way before now. That or starved to death. Also no high buildings since communist buildings collapse after 6 stories due to shitty workmanship and lack of funds. It's all so clear now.

Well, that would certainly solve overpopulation and pollution, so to the Control-Left, that's all a plus.

 

[JustStopDude]

So I guess in conclusion to this shooting..gun rights have been not touched (because again, its a multi-billion dollar industry so no one can touch it), the shooter, despite acting alone, didn't act alone because Alex Jones claims he didn't without any proof at all. Its a government inside shooting to do something...but nothing has changed so obviously that is what THEY want YOU to think.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

So I guess in conclusion to this shooting..gun rights have been not touched (because again, its a multi-billion dollar industry so no one can touch it), the shooter, despite acting alone, didn't act alone because Alex Jones claims he didn't without any proof at all. Its a government inside shooting to do something...but nothing has changed so obviously that is what THEY want YOU to think.

What does Alex Jones have to do with this thread?