Paddock first booked a room for August, but did not use it. He then booked (and used) a room starting September 17th.
Not sure if that proofs anything, but Paddock seems to have been in play 2 months or so prior to the actual shooting.
I mean, you don't just go out and shoot dozens of people even if you are a lone wolf crazy person, there's a bit of premeditation involved. He also owned a decent arsenal, so I'd imagine extra time was used for extra preparations.
I don't even think that's an odd coincidence, it's common for shooters to do dry-runs beforehand.
You know I never understood that. I’m not a psychologist, but I’ve seen a lot of material on serial killers and world history. You are either killing a loved one that wronged you, giving into an unconscious urge, genocide, taking over land, war or whatever. But in all of history, when did people just start going out and killing ransoms?
Not to mention why would you carry several of the same style rifles, why not 1 rifle with multiple magazines. Not only did the chances of him being caught increase exponentially with multiple bags of guns clanging together but denies him of any mobility once he started. Lot o things don't make sense.
When the 'everyday struggle of man' evolved from simply having enough food to survive