It’s expensive to deal with the aftermath of a shooting. Civil suits can take decades to settle (look at MLK) Notably around hoaxes there are short (if any) civil suits. I was amazed that all of the families of Waco victims agreed to sue together (!) and hired a former head of the DOJ to represent them (!!), and when he lost the first case they didn’t bother to appeal (!!!). You’d have to be brain damaged to accept that series of statements at face value lol After seeing a mass hoax perpetrated at the capitol building I realized there was really no limit to what could be pulled off at scale, no venue too secure, no cast of characters too famous… you just need money and an agenda I’d recommend reading through the DHS HSEEP manual that lays out exactly how DHS performs large-scale crisis drills without informing the media. They’re a huge player in the space but there’s an entire industry around it too (see Crisis Cast in the UK for a clear example). They hire a lot out of Vegas, that’s where I’ve met people who’ve been hired to do it