Facebook conspiracies don't scare me-it's my friends who do

Everybody, give the hoaxes and the conspiracies a rest. In life, time after time, the rule of thumb I’ve followed is “where there’s smoke,  there’s fire.”     The most obvious explanation is the best explanation. But a mere five days after the shooting in Las Vegas that killed 59 people and wounded hundreds more, it’s not the sinister conspiracies about the shooting that bother me. It’s my Facebook friends who are joining in who are already convinced there was a second gunman. That a foreign power was involved.     Las Vegas conspiracy theories are trending on Youtube.    It’s a fun game--the conspiracy thing. But absent any hard proof it’s harmful. The imagination of a conspiracy theorist fuels the nightmares of PTSD sufferers everywhere.   Which Las Vegas conspiracy theory is your favorite? The guy was rich and went on cruises? That must mean he met with agents in foreign ports? The video clearly shows the second shooter? And the mysterious woman who warned people in the crowd that there would be a shooting hours before it happened?    I'm glad you asked.  Earlier this week, Brianna "Hendricks walked back her comments in an interview with Snopes.com, a website known for fact-checking conspiracy theories and fake news stories," according to Deseret News. 
Here’s the clearest argument that this conspiracy nonsense is just that: When have you ever seen the government keep a secret, especially with Donald Trump as President? When has the government ably and reliably handled anything without so much as a speed bump? They get it so right it goes perfectly.   But somehow a gang of foreigners or a government entity is capable of pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes perfectly.   Because the government is just so good at this?   Washington D.C. leaks like a sieve.   What we actually know about the shooting so far:  59 people are dead and hundreds more were wounded in the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States that devastated Nevada.
The Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, used twelve bump stock rifle to increase his rate of shooting to kill and wound more people during the attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival, a country music festival. No one knows why Paddock did what he did.
Carbon County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says they believe the Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, may have had help during the years he planned and stockpiled for his attack. They claim there may be an accomplice out there somewhere aside from his Marilou Danley who he sent to the Philippines before the shooting occurred. They also said that evidence suggests Paddock planned to escape his shooter’s nest. Alex Stone (@astoneabcnews), an ABC news correspondent, brings you the latest on the ongoing FBI investigation into why the 61-year-old gambler opened fire onto a crowd at Route 91 Harvest Festival, country music festival. Here’s what we know about him so far:
Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life.) Police say they have not been able to find a motive. Sources say even behind the scenes no motives have surfaced baffling the most seasoned of investigators.
The girlfriend of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock says her boyfriend was kind and caring and she is devastated by the attack and did not know he was planning it. Marilou Danley was interviewed by F-B-I agents after returning from a two week trip to the Philippines.
Lombardo says it just doesn't add up that one man did it all like carry up all the weapons, gathered explosives at his home and in his car, and set up surveillance cameras. Lombardo says it just points to somebody helped him but they can't figure out who that somebody was - if there was someone.
The FBI says it's scouring the world right now to understand Stephen Paddock and his girlfriend's travel history. That there are attaches in countries tracking down tips that have come in but that most won't go anywhere. Right now the FBI and police say they don't see any indication whatsoever of terrorism or ISIS links. Nothing. They don't believe that was the motive but they don't know what the motive was.
Behind the crowd on Sunday night - there were giant fuel tanks that serve McCarren International Airport--used to fill up planes. A law enforcement source tells ABC News - that the aviation fuel tanks were hit by gunfire. The tanks were not penetrated. What's unknown is if Stephen Paddock was targeting the tanks trying to make them explode - which could have been a huge explosion killing those escaping - or if they just happened to get hit during the shooting.
It appears Stephen Paddock may have had a focus on attacking a festival. Law enforcement sources say he booked rooms in Chicago in the first week of August during the Lallapoolza Festival in Grant Park. He booked a hotel right across from Grant Park. He may have also scouted sites in Boston. And here in Las Vegas, a week before his attack, he booked a condo overlooking the Life Is Beautiful concert - which tens of thousands of people were attending.
Law enforcement sources tell ABC News Stephen Paddock booked rooms in Chicago in the first week of August during the Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park. One hotel was across from Grant Park. Investigators don't if he actually traveled to Chicago. He may have also scouted sites in Boston. We know here in Las Vegas Paddock rented a condo above the Life Is Beautiful festival a week before he carried out his attack? He may have planned on attacking that concert. And now officials believe that Paddock was seen with another woman - who was not his girlfriend - in his final days. They are working to figure out her ID.
Currently, bump stocks don't violate the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives gun control.  
According to ABC, Republican lawmakers are joining Democrats on Capitol Hill. They're looking for action to restrict sales of bump stocks -- the devices used by the Las Vegas shooter to make his weapons fully automatic -- and therefore more deadly.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House Press Secretary, says the Trump administration supports a discussion about bump stocks, the gun modification that essentially turns a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic gun.
The NRA, National Rifle Association, issued a statement saying they’d support bump stock regulations. “The N.R.A. believes that devices designed to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully-automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations.”
Would getting rid of bump stocks prevent Las Vegas shooting? No. Would it have prevented deaths and injuries? Yes.
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