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  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    Suppose that Stephen Paddock worked for the government and was running military hardware to terrorists as part of a "Fast and Furious" type operation. If they wanted to cover that up, then they can't admit that machine guns were used, because civilians don't have access to that kind of hardware. So they have to go with the bump stock explanation.

    • jabrd [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      civilians don’t have access to that kind of hardware

      :doubt: Maybe they don’t in a normal country, but I’ve seen too many youtube videos from channels called like “explosion ranch” to believe it’s that hard for an American millionaire to get access to military grade hardware. If it were revealed that Paddock had a machine gun it still wouldn’t be proof he was fed funded imo

      • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        “explosion ranch”

        demolition? i don't watch his shit regularly but he seems like he's not a huge chud himself, but some of his collab channels are sus.

        • jabrd [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yea that’s one of them, but there’s tons of copycat channels like that one. Point being it doesn’t appear that difficult to get BIGGUN in the states if you have the cash

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Wealthy people in America absolutely have access to machine guns. They're expensive and require tax stamps but none of that is a barrier to the rich.