A man that feels he has nothing to lose is a dangerous thing.
There is no defense against the berserker.
– Sir Terry Pratchett
Anyone with no regard for their own safety and a will to harm others is always dangerous
fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was just thinking about it.
I think the motive was the guy was angry at the world and wanted to kill as many people as possible before killing himself.
A man that feels he has nothing to lose is a dangerous thing.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 6 months ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
There is a defense… Just make sure he can’t get his hands on guns easily.
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ever been to the Bunkerville/Mesquite, Nevada, area? The Vegas shooter was probably acquainted with the Bundys, of “federal building” and “FBI shoot out” fame. I’ve a suspicion the government would prefer people didn’t know he was probably a right wing terrorist.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You don’t get a collection of guns like that without being right wing. Doesn’t matter who you’re acquainted with. He also had a pretty big victim complex when it came to his all-consuming gambling addiction and was pissed about not being comped with all the perks he thought he deserved for the about of money he spent.
John_McMurray@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Gun ownership isn’t a right wing exclusive trail, unless you’re one of those people who just move anything they don’t like over the “right”.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I know who the Bundy’s are. Freeloading terrorists who should be in prison.
Yeah, I absolutely did pigeonhole the shooter as a right winger because that’s who is most likely to own the guns he did and fetishize them to the point he needed bump stocks for lols. Just stating that lefties own guns doesn’t offer anything to the conversation.
One article suggests:
Paddock appeared fixated on three pillars of right-wing extremism: anti-government conspiracy theories, threats to Second Amendment rights, and overly burdensome taxes.
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a man who loathed restrictions on gun ownership and believed that the Second Amendment was under siege,
So despite law enforcement going way out of its way to avoid mention of paddock’s leanings, it is highly likely he was a regular right wing/libertarian nutter.
Mirshe@lemmy.world 6 months ago
From what I understand, he had also recently taken a serious nosedive in the finance department, and while he was still a high roller, he was not the HIGH ROLLER he had been in years before, and he seemed to regard that as an injury to his pride.
morriscox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I live there. I don’t know if the shooter knew about the Bundy’s story but it’s very unlikely that they ever met. The shooter lived north of the interstate, in one of those fancy estates. I happen to know one of his neighbors. The Bundys lived on the other side of Bunkerville.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
A man that feels he has nothing to lose is a dangerous thing.
Especially if he has easy access to large quantities of weapons and ammunition.
PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 6 months ago
A man that feels he has nothing to lose is a dangerous thing
Especially when they’re a former “responsible gun owner”.
CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Turns out the dude was likely involved with CSAM, as his brother was arrested for it almost immediately after the shooting.
From what I’ve seen, his brother was one of the only people still in touch with him during his last days.
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Billionaires with nothing to gain but money for moneys sake are far more dangerous, it’s just they aren’t going to kill your loves ones with crushing debt or an opioid prescription not a bullet.
Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is why we can kill 2 birds with one stone via smart ubi
dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I mean as long as UBI isn’t spearheaded by a bunch of libertarians who think they are bravely forging a new forward towards creating a social safety net while ignoring the long history of social safety nets in different societies, and the entire left movement in the US that fought successfully for things like the 8 hour work day.
I think UBI can be great, but there are wayyyy to many libertarians into it that UBI to the point that the ruling class has a super clear route to catastrophically cutting social welfare programs across the board saying “we don’t need these if we have UBI!” and libertarians believing them because they don’t have any political or historical knowledge about how social welfare in a society is actually achieved through organization of worker power to leverage against a ruling class.
DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
FTFW
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