He's clearly unaware of hand-cranked rifles...
He's clearly unaware of hand-cranked rifles...
WHOA!!!!Was in hotel during shooting last night. It was a madhouse
As a former major in the US Army Reserves, I'm sure he has some idea of them.He's clearly unaware of hand-cranked rifles...
But extremely easy to convert from select fire to full auto in your tool shed.Those are difficult (months of background checks by the ATF) and expensive (>$20k) to get.
I have a hard time believing he did all of this alone. Someone else knows.But extremely easy to convert from select fire to full auto in your tool shed.
Now that he's dead, we may never know the cowards true motive.
Got some nice gummies to take the edge off. Conference is canceled for the day. They canceled the Wed night event too. Booked first direct flight back to ATL.Wow, stay safe can't imagine going through all of that
There is legal weed in Vegas now, just saying might be time for an Uber out to a dispensary to calm the nerves
either way I'd be on a flight home as soon as you can get your gear
Not sure I'd call it extremely easy - I've seen guys who did it and few were precise enough to sustain automatic fire for long. But yes, modifying the sear and lower aren't beyond the realm of possibility.But extremely easy to convert from select fire to full auto in your tool shed
Gottae be honest, I thought I knew weapons pretty well but had never even heard of hand cranked modern firearms. Completely new to me, so it didn't once enter my thought as a possibility. I thought the actual suspicions of gatling gun were a little nutty and far fetched but clearly not.
Just saw this. Yeah I'm at Insight.you at NetApp Insight? I am worried some friends might have gone out on Sunday
I am familiar with mini-guns and rail guns but the term "Gatling" evokes the stark imagery of hand-cranked multi-barrel weapon. And not knowing anything of modern hand-cranked modifications to single barrel rifles, I was surprised to hear that theory floated at first. But it seems to be a very logical and real possibility.
A gatling gun (or minigun) has multiple barrels which rotate and fire in turn. I would be shocked if that was actually what was used. The hand cranked weapons suspected in this atrocity are technically single barreled semiautomatic rifles, but the crank replaces actual trigger pulls.
Not necessarily at all. The hand-cranked is a gun nut/prepper device cobbled together in back workshops. It's certainly not any part of normal military ordnance. The irregularity of rhythm would indicate that a mechanical was not in charge of the timing of shots...As a former major in the US Army Reserves, I'm sure he has some idea of them.
I agree, particularly in view of his brother's comments about the shooter not even being a weapons nut, and he hauls in 10 rifles. IF it does turn out to be a hand-cranked weapon or a trigger sear mod, then something smells to high heaven...I have a hard time believing he did all of this alone. Someone else knows.
Local news here already had been interviewing 1 gun shop where this guy bought at least 1 gun. Shop owner said he came in there all the time. So not buying the family line about him not being a gun guy.I agree, particularly in view of his brother's comments about the shooter not even being a weapons nut, and he hauls in 10 rifles. IF it does turn out to be a hand-cranked weapon or a trigger sear mod, then something smells to high heaven...
French knowing or not knowing about a hand-grank gun aside; I believe this is what he was alluding to. Thus far, the reports point to something more than just a crazy guy looking for revenge. The usual signs of a mass shooter aren't here with this guy.I agree, particularly in view of his brother's comments about the shooter not even being a weapons nut, and he hauls in 10 rifles. IF it does turn out to be a hand-cranked weapon or a trigger sear mod, then something smells to high heaven...
Even if he had one in his room, I've never heard of one being fired except off a tripod or bipod. Hard to see how that's possible with those broken windows, with shards sticking up from below...
A gatling gun (or minigun) has multiple barrels which rotate and fire in turn. I would be shocked if that was actually what was used. The hand cranked weapons suspected in this atrocity are technically single barreled semiautomatic rifles, but the crank replaces actual trigger pulls.