(10-03-2017, 11:01 AM)Frailbones Wrote:

(10-03-2017, 10:57 AM)FBT Wrote: Not all of the guns they found were rifles.  So, not all of them were intended to be used to shoot at the concert crowd.  We don't know how many weapons he actually fired during the time he was actively attacking the crowd.  As quickly as these weapons cycled through a magazine, it's pretty likely he used several weapons before reloading and starting over.

It doesn't sound like there's a grand conspiracy here at all, but we'll have to wait and see what evidence they dig up.  On the face of it, it looks like some lunatic who just snapped and decided to unleash hell on innocent victims.  There's  been no motive released, or any kind of explanation for this.  I think he was stockpiled with weapons hoping to have enough time to use as many as possible, and in that regard, he was tragically successful.

So far they've reported that 2 of the rifles had bump stocks.  That's not to say that he had not converted any of the other rifles he had in the room to be fully automatic.  This was a guy who had the financial resources to do this any way he saw fit unfortunately.

What are bump stocks? Are these things anyone can purchase outright or are they hard to come by?

It's a reciprocating stock that allows a gun to be fired in succession more quickly.  It's not fully automatic, and there's variation in the rate of fire based on the amount of pressure the shooter is applying, but it can fire a lot of ammo very quickly.  How it works is the stock is replaced on a semi automatic rifle.  The bump slide fire stock responds to the recoil of the rifle.  The shooter pulls on the barrel end of the rifle and with more pressure, the gun will fire more rapidly. I've never fired one, but a buddy of mine has one on one of his rifles, and he can burn through a 30 round mag in less than maybe 5 seconds.  There's a finger bar you rest your trigger finger on, and the stock does the rest basically hitting the trigger more rapidly.

They can be purchased from just about any gun dealer and have been around for years for under $300.  Some go as cheap as maybe $125 or so.

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