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[–] daltotron 3 points 7 months ago

I'm really not sure a sniper would be super useful in that situation. Obviously, different environment than the 2017 las vegas shooting, but I don't really think that those snipers on rooftops would really be effective at all in taking out a committed shooter, which could just shack up in one of the many buildings with windows facing the crowd and fire down or into the crowd. Maybe in that case, a sniper might be able to peep out where the shooter is, or might be able to get a shooter on the way in or out, but with the level of people there and the level of surrounding buildings, I'm really not sure they'd be able to do very much. Obviously if someone just walks in off the street and opens up on everyone, then a sniper might be more effective, but I dunno.