Shooting at Las Vegas casino

Yeah, I meant to cut it off after five or so, but I forgot.

 

Video of the shooter's suite, the view out, and the firing of an M4 with a bump stock and hundred round snail magazine.

https://news.google.com/news/video/ujmhvgvn55c/dWGAZ9Zl4vCtkRMZUOOJy1C_DI6lM?hl=en

 

My shark faces the other way. I don't know whose shark that is.

 

I get the point she's trying to make, but doesn't that also speak to the ridiculous level with which we've over-regulated fairly mundane things in this country?

 

I've got more than 4,500 miles on a bike this year. It's not regulated at all - other than "follow traffic laws."

 

Let's say we're starting to have a sane conversation about guns and trying to make Americans safer. (I know, I know. Hear me out.) What if we started with no bump stocks, no silencers (wear ear protection), and no high-capacity magazines. Let's say you have a 10-round max. Would, say, 80 percent of Americans agree on that?

 

I'd trade a cap on abortions at 20 weeks for some gun restrictions and background checks. Licensing would be great.

 

'Thoughts and prayers' — and fistfuls of NRA money: Why America can't control guns

"There is no better example of the corrosive effect of money on American politics than the spending of the National Rifle Assn.

The gun rights organization spent a stupendous $54.4 million in the 2016 election cycle, almost all of it in “independent expenditures,” meaning spending for or against a candidate but not a direct contribution to a campaign. The money went almost entirely to Republicans to a degree that almost looks like a misprint (but isn’t): Of independent expenditures totaling $52.6 million, Democrats received $265.


If you’re looking for a reason that politicians are quick to declare that their “thoughts and prayers” are with the victims of the horrific slaughters that have become virtually routine in American life, but do nothing further to stop them, look no further.

 

I think most sane, non-gun crazy Americans would buy that. I'm not sure that figure would reach the 50% mark, not when it comes to "gun rights".

 

The high-cap mag ban had majority support in polling a few years ago. The silencer deal is no big deal, gun lobby was pushing it - not gun owners. And bump stocks should have been banned years ago by ATF.

 

The question is not whether 80% agree, as much as it is whether 80% is enough to trump the will, money and tactics of the NRA.