Associated PressNovember 5, 2023
9min0
The regulation under challenge stemmed from the Las Vegas shooting in which more than 1,000 rounds were fired in 11 minutes, killing 58 people.
Tag: Las Vegas shooting
Associated PressNovember 5, 2023
Joe HendersonOctober 5, 2017
6min211
Don’t politicize tragedy. That’s on page 1 in the standard response manual for how gun rights supporters respond to a mass murder like the one Sunday morning in Las Vegas. That’s where U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell turned when reporters asked if he might consider tougher controls on weapons now that 59 more people were dead. […]
Joe HendersonOctober 2, 2017
6min182
There was no reason to know the name Stephen Paddock before we awoke to the news Monday morning that he had gone on a murderous rampage. The man we’ll now remember as the Las Vegas killer had apparently committed nothing worse than a minor traffic violation. He owned guns but didn’t appear to be overly fascinated […]
Staff ReportsOctober 2, 2017
1min375
Gov. Rick Scott Monday has ordered flags at half-staff “in honor and remembrance of the victims of the act of violence committed in Las Vegas during the late-night hours of Oct. 1.” The U.S. and state flags will be flown at half-staff “at all local and state buildings, installations, and grounds throughout the State of […]