Pulse was 16
months ago and it was the worst mass shooting ever, worse than Port
Arthur (the Australian mass shooting that led to their current gun
control laws). Now this Vegas shooting has been even worse. Last I
read 58 people were dead and close to 500 wounded. The guy rented a
hotel room, had a stock of ten military grade assault rifles and just
opened fire from the window.
He had ten
military grade assault weapons. Ten.
Nothing will
change because of this. I don't know who originally said it but its
been said that Sandy Hook ended the US gun debate. Once it turned out
that the Second Amendment could survive the deaths of tiny children
in one of the richest states in the union it was over.
Obviously,
I'm biased here. I'm English, we had one school shooting massacre and
the government was forced by public pressure to pass new gun control
laws that greatly restricted (not banned, it must be pointed out)
private gun ownership in this country. That one was enough for us.
It wasn't
enough for the US government. Nothing ever will be.
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