Paul Craig Roberts doubts the official story. I don't really, but I think he has some valid concerns and questions and here are some of them.
1. To start off with, the big question, are you allowed to question the official version of events like this, or is asking questions forbidden and mark you as a hateful "denier"?
I think it is a tragedy what happened, but I think people should be allowed to question it.
2. Where are pictures of dead bodies and bloody victims? Or of the many ambulances that must have been outside? Why were there pictures of supposedly injured persons being carried away by civilians? This looks staged. There surely must have been many emergency personnel on hand.
I think this is the question that makes people skeptical. The press and police obviously don't want to release any graphic photos out of respect for the victims. But it does make me wonder - are there any pictures of the scene that night that have been released?
Additional response. There are many photos of numerous police cars that were rushing to the scene, and some of those have pictures of ambulances.
3. Were there multiple shooters or just one? How do they know there was only one shooter?
4. Why did it take the police so long to respond? The shooting started at 2am and the police didn't try to enter until 5am. Why?
5. Why were some of the witnesses interviewed actors? The shooter himself was an actor. That seems suspicious. Also Luis Burbano, who gave several interviews, is a professional actor.
6. The nightclub doesn't look that big. How were so many people killed and injured? What is the capacity of the club? They must have been packed in tightly, but if so, wouldn't it have been harder to shoot them? Didn't anyone try to escape or rush the shooter? Surely he had to take a break to reload.
7. How did the shooter actually die? Did he shoot himself, or did the police shoot him?
8. The shooter worked as a security guard and had licenses to carry weapons. How would additional gun control have stopped him from getting guns?
9. I'm trying not to be insensitive here but I just have to ask. Were the victims actual people? Do we know anything about any of them besides their names?
There is more information about some of them. Christopher "Drew" Leinonen had a massive funeral at a Episcopal cathedral in Orlando. However, apparently, his gay partner Juan Guerrero will have a separate funeral.
There are more questions, but this is a good start. I would like to be able to convince Paul Craig Roberts or at least provide more information.
Here is more skepticism.
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Additional thoughts and question:
I've look at pictures and again I get the impression that the place was not that large. From the sequence of events, the shooting starts about 1:58am and continues until 2:02am when police and SWAT team arrive and he barricades himself in the small bathroom with hostages. He shoots some people in the bathroom but there are several hostages, who are pulled out later by the SWAT team. So the "live fire" event only lasts about 5 minutes. He had a "Sig Sauer MCX .223-caliber rifle", which has a capacity of 30 rounds, and a "Glock 17 9mm semi-automatic pistol", with a capacity of 17 rounds. He wouldn't have had time to re-load, and he didn't use all of the rounds. So he killed and wounded over 100 people in a 5 minute period of time with less than 50 rounds. The initial reports said that 20 were killed.
I believe that some people were killed at the club that night, maybe 10 or so, but the numbers are being greatly exaggerated by the police and media.
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