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Title: Vegas gunman used ‘bump-stock’ device to speed fire
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Q13FOX
URL Source: http://q13fox.com/2017/10/02/las-ve ... mp-stock-device-to-speed-fire/
Published: Oct 3, 2017
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2017-10-03 08:31:47 by Willie Green
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Views: 2630
Comments: 24
NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas attached what is called a “bump-stock” to two of his weapons, in effect converting semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones. The devices have attracted scrutiny in recent years from authorities. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has long railed against them. Several years ago, she told The Associated Press she was concerned about the emergence of new technologies that could retrofit firearms to make them fully automatic. “This replacement shoulder stock turns a semi-automatic rifle into a weapon that can fire at a rate of 400 to 800 rounds per minute,” she said. A semi-automatic weapon requires one trigger pull for each round fired. With a fully automatic firearm, one trigger pull can unleash continuous rounds until the magazine is empty. The purchasing of fully automatic weapons has been significantly restricted in the U.S. since the 1930s. In 1986, the federal National Firearms Act was amended further to prohibit the transfer or possession of machine guns by civilians, with an exception for those previously manufactured and registered. Numerous attempts to design retrofits failed until recent years when bump stocks came on the market. The device basically replaces the gun’s shoulder rest, with a “support step” that covers the trigger opening. By holding the pistol grip with one hand and pushing forward on the barrel with the other, the shooter’s finger comes in contact with the trigger. The recoil causes the gun to buck back and forth, “bumping” the trigger. Technically, that means the finger is pulling the trigger for each round fired, keeping the weapon a legal semi-automatic. Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock had 23 guns in his hotel room. Two officials familiar with the investigation told the AP that Paddock had bump stocks attached to two semi-automatic guns. The U.S. officials were briefed by law enforcement and spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. Paddock killed 59 people and wounded hundreds more at a country music festival near his hotel. Police stormed his 32nd floor hotel room and found that he had killed himself after committing the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Poster Comment:
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#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
I have never understood why anyone would want to convert a fairly accurate rifle over to a rifle that allows you to miss many times with a single pull of the trigger.
This video was taken by a taxi driver at Mandalay Bay when the shooting started. Sounds like two full auto guns going at the same time. At first I thought it had to be an echo, but the timing changes. Youtube video HERE.
Yep, there's something weird about the sound, as Pete said. Could it be two shooters?, - or some type of mechanical device to fire two weapons at once?
There is a POSSIBILITY there were two shooters,but there is a FACT that proves two different windows were broken out and being fired from. The guy had a corner room,and fired out two windows to have more people to target. Maybe he was buy himself,and maybe he wasn't. I'm teetering on the edge on this one.
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#8. To: sneakypete (#2)
#11. To: Abcdefg, sneakypete, yall (#8)
Sounds like two full auto guns going at the same time. At first I thought it had to be an echo, but the timing changes.
#14. To: tpaine (#11)
Could it be two shooters?, - or some type of mechanical device to fire two weapons at once?
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