these details from "the view from north central idaho," http://blog.joehuffman.org/2017/10/02/gun-details-are-coming-out/#comment-102272, with regard to the weapons the shooter had in his possession when he was found dead in his hotel room.

"paddock had four daniel defense ddm4 rifles, three FN-15s and other rifles made by sig sauer."

now various sources have reported that 17 guns were found with the shooter's body, others have reported as many as 23 weapons. not only is this a lot of guns for one guy to be shooting, but these are also pretty high ticket items to have along with you for one use, to be left behind as you skedaddle, or to be left by your dead body.

hey, they weren't gonna be taken with him. as improbable for him to have sneaked all these guns into his room in preparation for his rampage, it is vastly more improbable that he intended to tuck 23, or even 17, weapons under his arm to make his escape down the service elevator or down a back stair well or fire escape.

the daniel defense rifle price out, without optics, pretty close to $3,000 each, the fn-15 pretty close to the same, and anything made by sig sauer is just not gonna come cheaply. if you take an add an expensive optic onto the rifle, such as schmidt & bender, or swarski, or trijicon or a nightforce or even a leupold, you can be adding another $1,000 to $2,000 to the acquisition of each gone. top grade optics can cost $3,000 each.

call it 20 guns in his room. say another 20 guns at home. and, if he were buying ammunition as high grade as these guns, well, he could have easily had $100,000 into the acquisition of guns, optics and ammo, without even trying. this stuff is not cheap generally, and he was going top of the line with the firearms, so i figure top of the line for everything else.

and, his family has gone on record saying that he didn't know anything about guns, and had never used them. (his dad was a bank robber, for what it is worth, and consider the family's statements in the matter, for what they are worth.)

my point is precisely this.--

a guy can go totally pscho, bat shit goofy, just completely out of his mind, in planning something like this, for a helluva lot less than $100,000 . you watch the adds, you can pick up a serviceable ar-15 for $500, a scope that will work just fine for general purposes for another $250, and plenty of canister .223 for 17-cents a round. it will go bang when you pull the trigger, and the bullets will get there.

either this guy has a background in firearms experience and training that no one has stumbled upon, or someone else played a role in the planning of the operation, and the acquisition of the specific firearms that were found with his body. i am voting that someone else who knew guns helped him acquire these weapons. and, quite likely, helped him plan this operation.

that's my vote.

john jay @ 10.02.2017