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posted by martyb on Monday October 02 2017, @04:18PM   Printer-friendly

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/02/554976369/section-of-las-vegas-strip-is-closed-after-music-festival-shooting

A gunman fired upon thousands of people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night, in a brutal attack that is blamed for at least 58 deaths, police say. In the mass shooting and panic that ensued, 515 people were injured. At least one of the dead is an off-duty police officer who was attending the concert.

Editorializing: Interesting how media always emphasize ISLAMIC terrorists, but downplay domestic terrorism as psychologically disturbed individual lone-wolfs.


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  • (Score: 2) by DutchUncle on Wednesday October 04 2017, @12:50AM (1 child)

    by DutchUncle (5370) on Wednesday October 04 2017, @12:50AM (#576871)

    One person's right to walk around with high-rate-of-fire weapons vs. the rights of 22,000 people to gather for a concert without worrying if they're just part of a target-rich environment. Hmm . . .

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday October 04 2017, @11:32AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 04 2017, @11:32AM (#576972) Journal

    One person's right to walk around with high-rate-of-fire weapons

    "Walking around" doesn't kill 59 people.