Can we speculate on LV shooter's motive?

[EverCurious]

My first thought was; gambling addiction, lost everything, wife/gf left him because he'd lost everything... SNAP

 

[petro]

My first thought was; gambling addiction, lost everything, wife/gf left him because he'd lost everything... SNAP

Just seems like a lot of prep for just a snap. Usually its the gal and a couple family members.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Let me preface by saying I didn't see a thread addressing this specific discussion.

What might his motive have been?

If his motive was religious, then I would speculate that he became Muslim. No other faith in modern times engages in mass carnage in the name of their religion.

If his motive was political, I would speculate that he has aligned himself with antifa based on the fact that he targeted a huge, country music concert.

He could have been disgruntled with Las Vegas and used this as a way to punish the city.

Or, he could have been jilted by a lover and used this as a way to lash out.

Or he could have just been nuts, like the kid at Sandy Hook or like John Hinckley, who tried to kill Reagan to demonstrate his love for Jodie Foster.

/----/ What's the point of speculation?

 

[Old Rocks]

Motive.......................

Unlike most mass murderers, the perp was not a young man. In fact, he was a near senior citizen.

Unlike most, he was not a failure in life, in fact, was a multi-millionaire, successful by anyone's standards.

Unlike most, he did not have a record of brushes with the law.

At present, no known religious affiliation, radical or otherwise.

In fact, he does not fit the profile of mass murderers or that of a terrorist. Just about as far from the standard profiles as one can get. So what is going on here?

Read my link in GD. Mission impossible - LV shooter

Read it. And you are wrong. I will be 74 next month. I still work 12 hour shifts as a millwright in a steel mill. I am not a physically impressive specimen, but can still do that very physically demanding work. And, with enough adrenaline flowing, ten minutes of operating those guns is well within the physical capabilities of some one ten years younger than I am.

But, as I stated, we need to see what the police and FBI find out. Realizing that they may find out nothing that gives us a clue to his state of mind at the time of the shooting. Sane, trying to understand insane, sometimes is just an impossibility.

 

[K9Buck]

What's the point of speculation?

Curiosity?

 

[rightwinger]

I think we may never find out his motive

Could have been political either left or right
He does not seem religious
He could have had an incurable disease and went out in a blaze of glory
He might have had gun fantasies and wanted to live out the carnage you get in movies and video games

 

[K9Buck]

I think we may never find out his motive

Could have been political either left or right
He does not seem religious
He could have had an incurable disease and went out in a blaze of glory
He might have had gun fantasies and wanted to live out the carnage you get in movies and video games

I'll gander that he was an atheist and I'm not intending to take a jab at atheists.

 

[EverCurious]

My first thought was; gambling addiction, lost everything, wife/gf left him because he'd lost everything... SNAP

Just seems like a lot of prep for just a snap. Usually its the gal and a couple family members.

That's where the "secondary" motive of famous/infamous comes in, yea.

 

[rightwinger]

Motive.......................

Unlike most mass murderers, the perp was not a young man. In fact, he was a near senior citizen.

Unlike most, he was not a failure in life, in fact, was a multi-millionaire, successful by anyone's standards.

Unlike most, he did not have a record of brushes with the law.

At present, no known religious affiliation, radical or otherwise.

In fact, he does not fit the profile of mass murderers or that of a terrorist. Just about as far from the standard profiles as one can get. So what is going on here?

I think this guy is a head scratcher

He is far from the profile of a single, young white male who everyone thinks is a little crazy or the guy with a radical chip on his shoulder who always screams about minorities, gays, the gubmint....

 

[miketx]

Motive.......................

Unlike most mass murderers, the perp was not a young man. In fact, he was a near senior citizen.

Unlike most, he was not a failure in life, in fact, was a multi-millionaire, successful by anyone's standards.

Unlike most, he did not have a record of brushes with the law.

At present, no known religious affiliation, radical or otherwise.

In fact, he does not fit the profile of mass murderers or that of a terrorist. Just about as far from the standard profiles as one can get. So what is going on here?

Read my link in GD. Mission impossible - LV shooter

Read it. And you are wrong. I will be 74 next month. I still work 12 hour shifts as a millwright in a steel mill. I am not a physically impressive specimen, but can still do that very physically demanding work. And, with enough adrenaline flowing, ten minutes of operating those guns is well within the physical capabilities of some one ten years younger than I am.

But, as I stated, we need to see what the police and FBI find out. Realizing that they may find out nothing that gives us a clue to his state of mind at the time of the shooting. Sane, trying to understand insane, sometimes is just an impossibility.

I didn't make it up, I'm just "parroting" it and to me it makes a lot of sense. I know a lot about the use of firearms as well.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Let me preface by saying I didn't see a thread addressing this specific discussion.

What might his motive have been?

If his motive was religious, then I would speculate that he became Muslim. No other faith in modern times engages in mass carnage in the name of their religion.

If his motive was political, I would speculate that he has aligned himself with antifa based on the fact that he targeted a huge, country music concert.

He could have been disgruntled with Las Vegas and used this as a way to punish the city.

Or, he could have been jilted by a lover and used this as a way to lash out.

Or he could have just been nuts, like the kid at Sandy Hook or like John Hinckley, who tried to kill Reagan to demonstrate his love for Jodie Foster.

Okay, here is some speculation, as I love to do some critical thinking outside the box. Lets just say, that this guy was not the only person involved with the LV shooting but just a pawn of ISIS. So there were 2 or 3 Muslims there along with the cracker, but they were down on the ground at the entrance and exit, waiting for the gunfire to start. Once it began and all those innocent people started running for cover and out of the arena of death, the other 2 or 3 opened up killing and wounding many. When will people realize that Muslims hate US for the liberal immorality that the left constantly promotes?

 

[FJO]

Just about an hour before he started shooting the audience of several thousands sang "God Bless America".

That would piss off all atheists, All globalists, All socialists,

The main motivation, however, was righteous: Loyalty to the Democrat Party.

Kill as many Trump voters as possible in order to ensure Democrat victory next election,

 

[Fenton Lum]

Let me preface by saying I didn't see a thread addressing this specific discussion.

What might his motive have been?

If his motive was religious, then I would speculate that he became Muslim. No other faith in modern times engages in mass carnage in the name of their religion.

If his motive was political, I would speculate that he has aligned himself with antifa based on the fact that he targeted a huge, country music concert.

He could have been disgruntled with Las Vegas and used this as a way to punish the city.

Or, he could have been jilted by a lover and used this as a way to lash out.

Or he could have just been nuts, like the kid at Sandy Hook or like John Hinckley, who tried to kill Reagan to demonstrate his love for Jodie Foster.

Of course we can, it's america, we'll speculate ourselves into another partisan blamefest.

 

[Fenton Lum]

Let me preface by saying I didn't see a thread addressing this specific discussion.

What might his motive have been?

If his motive was religious, then I would speculate that he became Muslim. No other faith in modern times engages in mass carnage in the name of their religion.

If his motive was political, I would speculate that he has aligned himself with antifa based on the fact that he targeted a huge, country music concert.

He could have been disgruntled with Las Vegas and used this as a way to punish the city.

Or, he could have been jilted by a lover and used this as a way to lash out.

Or he could have just been nuts, like the kid at Sandy Hook or like John Hinckley, who tried to kill Reagan to demonstrate his love for Jodie Foster.

Okay, here is some speculation, as I love to do some critical thinking outside the box. Lets just say, that this guy was not the only person involved with the LV shooting but just a pawn of ISIS. So there were 2 or 3 Muslims there along with the cracker, but they were down on the ground at the entrance and exit, waiting for the gunfire to start. Once it began and all those innocent people started running for cover and out of the arena of death, the other 2 or 3 opened up killing and wounding many. When will people realize that Muslims hate US for the liberal immorality that the left constantly promotes?

Beautiful, it was those damn muslims.

 

[K9Buck]

Of course we can, it's america, we'll speculate ourselves into another partisan blamefest.

It's a discussion forum. Your participation is not required.

 

[Old Rocks]

The 'Conservatives' constantly need an enemy. Without that enemy, they have no reason for their type of insanity. They need a domestic enemy, liberals, and a foreign one, Muslims. Then they can feel justified to hate all they want, and make noises about civil war, and killing those that disagree with them in any way. Lovely fellows.

 

[Old Rocks]

Of course we can, it's america, we'll speculate ourselves into another partisan blamefest.

It's a discussion forum. Your participation is not required.

Yes, it is. Someone has to point out the insanity of assholes like you.

 

[dannyboys]

The 'Conservatives' constantly need an enemy. Without that enemy, they have no reason for their type of insanity. They need a domestic enemy, liberals, and a foreign one, Muslims. Then they can feel justified to hate all they want, and make noises about civil war, and killing those that disagree with them in any way. Lovely fellows.

Most of your posts are full of hate asshole.
Anyone can go back and read them asshole!

 

[Fenton Lum]

Of course we can, it's america, we'll speculate ourselves into another partisan blamefest.

It's a discussion forum. Your participation is not required.

Dissent is always viewed in that manner by a rogue corrupt regime.

 

[Fenton Lum]

The 'Conservatives' constantly need an enemy. Without that enemy, they have no reason for their type of insanity. They need a domestic enemy, liberals, and a foreign one, Muslims. Then they can feel justified to hate all they want, and make noises about civil war, and killing those that disagree with them in any way. Lovely fellows.

Most of your posts are full of hate asshole.
Anyone can go back and read them asshole!

Get busy then.