Las Vegas Mass Shooting

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All very interesting stuff LP. I was reading a report that was saying that Paddock, as the single shooter, over the elapsed time the police allege and using only 30 round magazines would have have been killing or wounding 2.1 people every second. I find that pretty amazing shooting with what was a modified semi automatic weapon. I'll await the official report though - premature to jump to any conclusions.

2.1 people per second on average.

But he started by firing into a tightly packed concert crowd, he would have been killing or injuring far more than that per second initially. It would be like firing at blades of grass on the lawn.

Depending what rounds he used, some shots might have easily killed more than one person. If he concentrated fire on the crowd pinch points he'd be able to sustain a high rate.

After that, once the crowd dispersed, the automatic weapon would be mostly useless at the range described. See the video of the girl 30m away from the car, a good deal of her shots hit the ground or pass over the vehicle. He probably switched to one of the DDM4s or a similar sniper type rifles he had in the room, but most of the damage was probably already done. A 30 round clip, 5s to empty and another 5s or less to change in a fresh one! Rehearsed, I think 90 Rnds per minute is easily attainable, the thing that apparently stitched him up was the smoke building up in the hotel room.

How can psychology, welfare and law enforcement deal with a situation that can do so much damage in such a short period of time. Weapons control is the only answer!