Active shooter....Las Vegas

[svauto-erotic855]

+/-350yds is easily within lethal and accurate range for .223/5.56. I've heard of .223 being accurate to well over 500 with decent optics.

In my opinion the iron sights are the best feature of an AR. You do not need optics to shoot an A2 style AR well at 500 yards; just a sling and some practice will do just fine.

[ram57ta]

depends on the ammo, twist, and barrel length for max length but 500 is within effective range.

He was also firing from an elevated position so some of the normal ballistics are skewed

+/-350yds is easily within lethal and accurate range for .223/5.56. I've heard of .223 being accurate to well over 500 with decent optics.

[ceyko]

Y'all watch that update earlier from the police? Nothing really new, but really seemed to be avoiding answering questions about that piece of paper. Could be nothing, but ya know - gotta make a big deal about it.

[cyclonescott]

[John -- '02 HAWK]

So those look like spent 5.56/.223 casings ...???

His window to the concert area is just over 1,700ft- 520meters

isn't that pushing the boundary of a round like that? just wondering as someone brought that up to me today

depends on the ammo, twist, and barrel length for max length but 500 is within effective range.

He was also firing from an elevated position so some of the normal ballistics are skewed

[Ruffdaddy]

So those look like spent 5.56/.223 casings ...???

His window to the concert area is just over 1,700ft- 520meters

isn't that pushing the boundary of a round like that? just wondering as someone brought that up to me today

You ever been to vegas?

Edit: and the reports i read put the distance to the middle of the concert at ~350yds. When your goal is just to spray and pray into a crowd of people that still makes you lethal.

That doesn't count the masses running down the strip.

[SBFORDTECH]

This is from the unarmed security guard who went to the shooters room and was shot in the leg.

[black50]

So those look like spent 5.56/.223 casings ...???

His window to the concert area is just over 1,700ft- 520meters

isn't that pushing the boundary of a round like that? just wondering as someone brought that up to me today

[cyclonescott]

“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory.

The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control.

The world is rudderless.”
― Alan Moore

Bullshit! Are there crazy people out there who do bad things? Yes. Are there wacky people who dream up crazy conspiracy theories? Yes.
The main driver of conspiracy theory is the government consistently lying to the public. The White House, Congress, FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, media, state government, local government, and the police are caught in a lie on a regular basis. Why should we trust what they tell us? Do I believe that this incidence was a government conspiracy? No. Do I believe we will get the whole truth? Absolutely not.

[BLAKE]

Yikes. 30 minutes of a guy rambling about how his brother was wealthy and how the casinos loved him. The only odd thing is that he seems very flustered about the news digging into his family history.

That could have been condensed into "My brother was a quiet guy that looked after his own people, he enjoyed the vegas lifestyle, and I have no idea why he would do this. Thank you for your time."

No joke. If this guy is so wealthy, he needs to hire a PR firm immediately.

[blandnuts]

"That's why I say, 'Hey man, nice shot.'"

But but, that songs about Curt Cobain. 😎

[JC316]

Interview with the brother..

Yikes. 30 minutes of a guy rambling about how his brother was wealthy and how the casinos loved him. The only odd thing is that he seems very flustered about the news digging into his family history.

That could have been condensed into "My brother was a quiet guy that looked after his own people, he enjoyed the vegas lifestyle, and I have no idea why he would do this. Thank you for your time."

[BLAKE]

I'm about halfway through this interview. Part of me feels sorry for this guy and part of me wants to tell him to STFU. He needs to spend less time talking about how fun it is to hang out with a rich guy and focus on the issue at hand.

[mustang_revival]

Interview with the brother..

[CJ]

See R. Budd Dwyer suicide.

Exactly