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Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com)

Posted by msmash on from the dispatch dept.

Readers share a report: At least 50 people are dead and more than 200 wounded after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip (Editor's note: the link could be paywalled; alternative source). Police said they were first alerted to reports of an incident at 10:08 p.m. and then determined there was a shooter on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino who was targeting the nearby Route 91 Harvest Festival. Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a briefing that officers responded and shot dead the suspect. He said the suspect was a local resident but declined to identify him, citing the ongoing investigation. Police are also trying to locate a female companion, who they named as Marilou Danley, who was traveling with the suspect.

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  1. We need more guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is what happens when you don't have enough guns. If some of those poor people in the crowd had had rifles, they could have taken the shooter out before so many died.

    1. Re:We need more guns by Aethedor · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, that's the old way. In a modern world, automated guns are placed at the corner of every street. It will open fire at everything that sounds like a gunshot. The only way to stop shootings like this. And it will make the excuse "guns don't kill people, people do" invalid. Developing, installing and maintaining such automated guns will also create a lot of jobs. It's gonna be great.

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    2. Re: We need more guns by dave420 · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, as the registration data from that could be used by Zombie Obama to take everyone's guns! The best way is to give everyone as many guns as they can handle, then some more, and never ask any questions of the owner. Ever. Guns are simply too important!!!

    3. Re:We need more guns by Pseudonym · · Score: 4, Funny

      Alexa, shoot that guy.

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  2. Re:So is this called Terrorism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do hope there is a travel ban on every white male over the age of 50! That will stop any future terrorist attacks right!

  3. Perhaps finally we can put an end to this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can put an end to this controversy once and for all.

    They said not to ban it. They said we needed more of it. They said not to limit our rights for the sake of a few.

    Now look where we are.

    It's finally time, once and for all, to put an end to country music.