My apologies if I don't have all the facts straight. A lone gunman with automatic weapons opened fire on the 22,000 spectators at the festival. So far, they're saying at least 50 dead, and over 350 injured. The coward responsible took himself out as the police came in his hotel door. Condolences to all the victims and their families.

Just crazy and insane.......sigh....
We were getting multiple text messages (very early this AM) from family & friends living in Vegas.....prayers go out to all that were affected by this horrific act.

Just nuts this morning. We live a couple of miles east of the festival grounds.   The traffic is being affected, as you would guess with roads shut down from east to west across the I-15.
 
There is no way anyone could protect themselves against this nut job.   I thought of the shooting in Texas in the 60s from the tower at a university.
 
If you see any video of the scene, the gunshots just keep coming at a rapid fire.   According to police, he shot himself before officers broke into his room. 
 

Hi,
 
What bothers me is that someone walked into a hotel on the Strip with an arsenal that big, and no one at the Hotel saw it, or said anything ... 
 
Something rather unusual here ... no security?

Horrible!!  I pray for all those involved.  My friend (drummer who I used to play with many years ago) was at the concert working.  He is ok, but is posting on Facebook about what kind of horrible situation unfolded.
 
A horribly cowardice act to shoot into a defenseless crowd

Moshkito
Hi,
 
What bothers me is that someone walked into a hotel on the Strip with an arsenal that big, and no one at the Hotel saw it, or said anything ... 
 
Something rather unusual here ... no security?

You could probably just sneak them in luggage.  It wouldn't take long and wouldn't arouse any suspicion at all carrying things in. Even if you made repeat trips out to your car throughout the day to get it all up there.  

Voda La Void

Moshkito
Hi,
 
What bothers me is that someone walked into a hotel on the Strip with an arsenal that big, and no one at the Hotel saw it, or said anything ... 
 
Something rather unusual here ... no security?

You could probably just sneak them in luggage.  It wouldn't take long and wouldn't arouse any suspicion at all carrying things in. Even if you made repeat trips out to your car throughout the day to get it all up there.  

What puzzles me even more than the fact that he was able to smuggle a bunch of weapons in a suitcase into a hotel was that apparently he was able to check into the hotel using the ID of his female roommate. It's always puzzled me how easy it seems to be in the US to do things like buy airplane tickets, buy property or book into hotel rooms with fake ID. 

This is the state of the world we live in. Be prepared as best you can!
Tell those close to you that you love them each and every day

bayoubill
This is the state of the world we live in. Be prepared as best you can!
Tell those close to you that you love them each and every day

sorry, but Las Vegas is not the world...the point being you do not have to accept such random mass violence as status quo/background scenery.
in a democracy, you do have the power to cause change- is it time for you ? 
 

LaszloZoltan
 
sorry, but Las Vegas is not the world...the point being you do not have to accept such random mass violence as status quo/background scenery.
in a democracy, you do have the power to cause change- is it time for you ? 

I think the voters of Nevada probably already voted for a law against mass murder. It is unlikely they would ever vote for a law requiring the confiscation of all weapons capable of doing this from apparently normal otherwise law abiding citizens as this shooter is being described. Although the experience in Australia following their famous mass shooting was apparently effective in preventing further episodes, it is likely that even with such a law the citizens of our democracy who are most likely to repeat this would simply avoid obeying it, as this guy apparently did the murder law.