Posted October 2, 2017 Unbelievable, people just going to enjoy country music. I am at a loss for words, at least 50 dead and 400 wounded. I dont know what to say. https://www.yahoo.com/gma/las-vegas-shooting-eyewitness-sounded-thousand-shots-095004623--abc-news-topstories.html 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 i saw a lady using in her advert........that's pretty vile. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 to say I have a lot of friends,industry and civilian, living in Vegas is an understatement. Most of them go to concerts.Hoping they are alive and well. They haven't answered their phones.Hoping that means they are either on the other line or at work. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 An absolute travesty. Makes me apprehensive to attend events like SEMA on Halloween. Hoping everything runs smoothly. 😬😟😓 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 55 minutes ago, Mr.Pink said: i saw a lady using in her advert........that's pretty vile. Ditto. And an ad that had, probably, poor choice of words ("highest caliber"). In Vegas currently, and this started to show up on local stations between 11:30-midnight MDT. Started to listen to the police scanner and it was chaos. People were running from all the casinos on The Strip in panic. The panic caused false reports of shooter/gunmen at other casinos. An Air Force member in their camo was mistaken for a possible suspect. Thought bombs at Luxor, car bomb in abandoned Audi at valet. Eventually every casino had police presence and were locked down. Still had police at all the casinos in the morning and were rotating off the night shift teams with the day crews to keep a presence. One female officer at Paris, she was scared (don't blamer her), heard it in her voice when she was reporting about shots fired there and people running out. Dispatch had to calm her down and get the story sorted out (she did not hear shots, people telling her shots fired). Most eerie thing on the scanner was hearing the SWAT team blowing down the door of the shooter live over open scanner channel (SWAT did a five count and then heard the bang). And then having SWAT read off the name of the suspect, their address, the name of the woman they wanted to talk to (they found her player's card in the room on the desk). 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Gemma Chang said: Makes me apprehensive to attend SEMA on Halloween. Don't be. One whack job, and right now, no clue why he did what he did, does not make Vegas dangerous. How many times do we see stories of people shooting at each other leaving nightclubs at closing in LoDo? Or any other city? Can be shot going to Soopers. Can't live in fear. And if this guy had some political motive, you are letting the extremist win by living your life in fear. Edited October 2, 2017 by NoCoGeezer 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 And to think one of the most locked down and the immense surveillance, not just in the country but in the entire world that a psycho can accomplish this. Fully auto weapons? Are you kidding me? These have been basically been outlawed to citizens since Al Capon's Tommy guns. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 1 minute ago, NoCoGeezer said: Don't be. One whack job, and right now, no clue why he did what he did, does not make Vegas dangerous. How many times do we see stories of people shooting at each other leaving nightclubs at closing in LoDo? Or any other city? Can't live in fear. And if this guy had some political motive, you are letting the extremist win by living your life in fear. Well, it's not that I necessarily live in fear. There was a shooting right outside of my apartment a couple of months ago and I even renewed my lease. You don't see me running! Although the fact that I can't pack heat if I'm flying there is too bad, haha. Better to have a piece and not need it than to not have it and do. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 44 minutes ago, Gemma Chang said: Although the fact that I can't pack heat if I'm flying there is too bad, haha. Better to have a piece and not need it than to not have it and do. I'm not sure what the laws in NV are, but you can always transport firearms on planes. They just have to be unloaded, cased, and declared in checked baggage. I've done it a few times and I know competitive shooters that do it all the time. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Gemma Chang said: Well, it's not that I necessarily live in fear. There was a shooting right outside of my apartment a couple of months ago and I even renewed my lease. You don't see me running! Although the fact that I can't pack heat if I'm flying there is too bad, haha. Better to have a piece and not need it than to not have it and do. There are ways to pack heat, but no ammo. I don't know all of the rules, but I am willing to bet wglide does. Not that, that is the answer. I can understand how you feel. Things are definitely not the same as when we were growing up. Today is just a very melancholy day. :-( 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) 19 hours ago, Audrey Astor said: Things are definitely not the same as when we were growing up. Definitely not the same. In high school, it was common to see someone's pickup in the lot with a rifle in rack in the back window. Of course, I lived in a tiny town a LONG time ago. Absolutely with you on being melancholy. Edited October 3, 2017 by CountryGentleman 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) A hard week for all, with gut wrenching stories. The heroes who emerged with some stories who stood out. Let us remember and celebrate these people and strive to emulate these heroic actions if any tragic stuck near us, even if it cost you your life. I encourage you to read these people's stories. Some that are quite moving. Jack Beaton - Died on his 23rd wedding anniversary shielding his wife. Matthew Cobos The US army said it best- "He is the epitome of the american solider" - Shielded this unidentified woman who tripped, and ran back into danger helping victims. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/mystery-hero-seen-saving-lives-las-vegas-attack-identified-young/ Jonathan Smith- helped get over 30 people out of danger. Lives with a bullet in the neck. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/10/03/he-helped-people-escape-from-the-storm-of-gunfire-in-las-vegas-now-he-has-a-bullet-in-his-neck/?utm_term=.60097d0b55df More stories: http://www.businessinsider.com/stories-of-heroism-las-vegas-mass-shooting-2017-10/#jack-beaton-died-protecting-his-high-school-sweetheart-1 Edited October 6, 2017 by QuakerOatZ sic 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 6, 2017 Such a horrible tragedy. I don't think we will ever make sense of something like this...that might be the hardest part for the ones personally impacted by his actions. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
