Dear FBI, allow me to help out with your investigation.
Some guy had a bunch of guns and ammo and shot into a huge crowd of people in order to kill as many as he could. There you go: Case Fucking Closed.
You need a motive? Really? Ask that woman why she wanted to kill a fucking giraffe. Or ask Uday and Qusay here what makes that leopard so much better dead to them than alive. It’s not because they were hungry, or threatened. They’re not planning on sitting down to a nice big leopard lunch any more than that woman’s gonna be eating giraffe sandwiches for the next six months. They did it because they enjoyed killing. Because they’re hunters for sport, also known as “Sportsmen.” Killing for sport is killing for sport. So the Vegas guy wanted to kill a bunch of people instead. Personally I don’t understand the one any more than the other, and when you get down to it, I doubt there’s really that much of a difference.
And to everybody who gets all weepy and amazed that people stopped and risked their lives to help those who were in need, I’ve got some great news for y’all: That’s what normal goddam human beings are supposed to do! So for all you Ayn-Randian Republicans so eager to hack away the social safety net, I don’t want to hear another goddam word out of you how wonderful and inspiring it is for you to see people helping others in distress, because we’ve got you all on record proudly preaching how you don’t believe in that sort of thing.
Not to mention the blatant hypocrisy from all you “magic-of-the-marketplace” Republicans praising the work of the Paramedics and Emergency First Responders. Because what you’re looking at is socialism in action, and you’ve built your whole fucking careers out of denouncing it. As far as you’re concerned, people who are shot and bleeding to death should have the right as consumers to shop around a bit and find the emergency medical response that best suits their needs.
And to all you Senators and Representatives about to vote to allow silencers and armor-piercing bullets (presumably for all those armored deer out there,) consider showing a little bit of backbone and attaching a sunset provision. Something like once a certain number of Americans - let’s say 100,000 - have been needlessly killed by armor-piercing bullets, then the law gets retired. 100,000 Americans or say, 25,000 American children, whichever comes first. Y’all can negotiate the exact figure with your handlers at the NRA.