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Six years of mass shootings. One country. Hundreds dead "A list of notable mass shootings in the U.S. since 2011" by Matthew Rozsa, 10/2/2017, Salon https://www.salon.com/2017/10/02/a-list-of-notable-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-since-2011 Salon compiles a list of some of the more notorious mass shooting that have occured in the US since 2011 and the legislation passed afterward vegas101}}{{hist}}
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Police officer was on the 32nd floor 16 minutes after the shooter started shooting and was told to wait for SWAT. They didn't clear the room until 60 minutes later "Las Vegas Timeline: Police Audio Shows Chaos In Search For Gunman" by Christal Hayes, 10/2/2017, Newsweek view-source:http://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-shooting-timeline-police-audio-shows-confusion-chaos-search-gunman-676076 reviewing officer responses from radio traffic, Newsweek compiles a timeline of the mass shooting in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017 vegas101}}{{rev}}
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Lifelong gun loving country music guitarist decides that maybe gun control isn't such a bad idea, after all "'I cannot express how wrong I was': Country guitarist changes mind on gun control after Vegas" by Emily Yahr, 10/2/2017, Washington Post view-source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/02/i-cannot-express-how-wrong-i-was-country-guitarist-changes-mind-on-gun-control-after-vegas Caleb Keeter, lead guitarist for the Texas-based Josh Abbott Band, who performed a few hours before the mass shooting in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017 tweeted his thoughts regarding gun control legislation after witnessing the carnage: "I've been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life. Until the events of last night. I cannot express how wrong I was. ... Writing my parents and the love of my life a goodbye last night and a living will because I felt like I wasn't going to live through the night was enough for me to realize that this is completely and totally out of hand. ... We need gun control RIGHT. NOW. My biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn't realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it. We are unbelievably fortunate to not be among the number of victims killed or seriously wounded by this maniac." the Band also released a statement via Facebook vegas101}}
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In addition to the 18-odd firearms the Las Vegas shooter had in his hotel room, he left 18 more at home, along with explosives and an assortment of "electronic devices" "Police: 'Electronic Devices,' Explosives, 18 Firearms In Shooting Suspect's Home" by Esme Cribb, 10/2/2017, Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/police-more-firearms-explosives-devices-las-vegas-shooting-suspect-home on Monday, October 2, 2017, during another press conference, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo informed reporters of other weaponry retrieved from the suspect's home in Mesquite, Nevada, including: "18 additional firearms" "some explosives, several thousand rounds of ammo" and a number of "electronic devices" yet to be evaluated by police acording to multiple reports, the alleged shooter, Stephen Craig Paddock, had at least an additional 18 weapons in his hotel room in Las Vegas vegas101}}
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White American men are a bigger domestic terrorist threat than Muslim foreigners "White American men are a bigger domestic terrorist threat than Muslim foreigners" by Jennifer Williams, 10/2/2017, Vox https://www.vox.com/world/2017/10/2/16396612/las-vegas-mass-shooting-terrorism-islam Vox took a look at some studies, did some reading, some math and discovered that since Trump took office, more Americans have been killed by white American men with no connection to Islam than by Muslim terrorists or foreigners one study by New America, a nonpartisan think tank showed that between 2001 and 2015, more Americans were killed by homegrown right-wing extremists than by Islamist terrorists vegas101}}
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"On average, there is more than one mass shooting for each day in America" "Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts" by German Lopez, 10/2/2017, Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts Vox gathers up 17 various charts and maps that compare gun violence in the US to gun violence in other countries in the hopes of finding out "why it happens, and why it's such a tough problem to fix" chart #4 counts the number of mass shootings (where more than 4 people are injured including the shooter) by day for 2015 vegas101}}{{nra}}
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After saying she didn't have sympathy for the Las Vegas shooting victims because country music fans are Trump supporters, CBS exec retires to spend more time with her utter lack of employability "CBS executive fired after saying Las Vegas victims didn't deserve sympathy" by Joe Concha, 10/2/2017, The Hill http://thehill.com/homenews/media/353495-cbs-executive-fired-after-saying-las-vegas-victims-didnt-deserve-sympathy CBS fired a legal executive Monday, October 2, 2017 after her Facebook post came to the attention of her bosses and everyone else Hayley Geftman-Gold, former vice president and senior counsel of strategic transactions at CBS posted via Facebook: "If they wouldn't do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing" "I'm actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters" the Daily Caller made a screengrab of Geftman-Gold's post before it was deleted a CBS spokesperson made a statement: "This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS. Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS. Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families" vegas101}}{{oot}}
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Radical cleric blames Las Vegas massacre on heretics disrespecting God and country "Pat Robertson Blames Vegas Shooting On Disrespect For Trump, The National Anthem And God" by Kyle Mantyla, 10/2/2017, Right Wing Watch http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/pat-robertson-blames-vegas-shooting-on-disrespect-for-trump-the-national-anthem-and-god On the October 2, 2017 episode of "The 700 Club", televangelist Pat Robertson used the mass shooting in Las Vegas to push his agenda of nationwide obedience to what he considers "biblical authority" "Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening?' "The fact that we have disrespect for authority; there is profound disrespect for our president ... There is disrespect now for our national anthem, disrespect for our veterans, disrespect for the institutions of our government, disrespect for the court system. All the way up and down the line, disrespect" "[W]hen there is no vision of God, the people run amok" vegas101}}{{policiz}}{{crack}}
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"He did stuff, ate burritos." Now we know cause of Las Vegas shooting "Brother of man ID'd as Las Vegas shooter: 'Like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'" by Brett Molina, 10/2/2017, AZCentral http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/02/brother-las-vegas-shooter-its-like-asteroid-just-fell-top-our-family/723108001 speaking to reporters outside his home near Orlando, Florida, Eric Paddock, brother of Stephen Paddock, identified by authorities in Las Vegas as the gunman who opened fire on an outdoor concert from his hotel room nearby speaking on behalf of his family, he said "We can't understand what happened" Eric explained that his brother was never an "avid gun guy" and didn't have any background in the military. "He's a guy who lived in a house in Mesquite (Nev.), and drove down and gambled in Las Vegas. He did stuff, ate burritos." vegas101}}
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The writers at The Onion are on fire today "This Shooting Isn't About Gun Control We Refuse To Pass, It's About Access To Mental Health Care We're Continuing To Gut" by Paul Ryan, 10/2/2017, The Onion http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/shooting-isnt-about-gun-control-we-refuse-pass-its-57095 "Paul Ryan" shares what he's passionate about with The Onion FTFA: "Because as easy as it is to blame this unconscionable loss of human life on background check laws designed to maximize the profits of the gun industry at the expense of public safety, the real fault lies with healthcare legislation designed to maximize insurance industry profits at the expense of public safety." "Remember, it's not guns we've deliberately removed all barriers to owning that kill people. It's people to whom we continually deny basic care that kill people." vegas101}}{{sat}}{{oped}}{{care}}
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"'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" thread from The Onion "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" by Onion staff reporters, 10/2/2017, The Onion http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-prevent-says-only-nation-where-regularly-ha-57086 Sadly, circumstances forces The Onion to recycle one of their articles progn}}{{vegas101}}
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If there's any good news coming out of Vegas, people have been waiting all night at local blood banks in order to donate "Las Vegas residents line up to donate blood after mass shooting" by Jacqueline Thomsen, 10/2/2017, The Hill http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/353407-las-vegas-residents-line-up-to-donate-blood-after-mass-shooting Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo made a plea for local residents to donate blood for the victims of the shooting during a press conference early Monday, October 2, 2017 Local officials and police are still soliciting blood donors and are circulating lists of locations where people can give The Hill collected several tweets from people at various blood banks around Las Vegas showing lines of people waiting to donate vegas101}}{{mrrogers}}
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Here are some of the lies that trolls are spreading about the Las Vegas shooting. Don't share these unless you don't mind being an idiot "Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting" by Ryan Broderick, 10/2/2017, Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/here-are-all-the-hoaxes-being-spread-about-the-las-vegas Buzzfeed is collecting all of the outrageous rumours flying around the internet about the Vegas mass shooting on October 1, 2017 and promises to keep the page updated as more hoaxes surface vegas101}}{{hoax}}{{dbunk}}
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Shooter's brother gives voice to the bafflement affecting all of us: "Where the hell did he get automatic weapons? He has no military background or anything like that, he's a guy who lived in a house in Mesquite and drove down and gambled in Vegas" "Vegas suspect's brother: He was 'not an avid gun guy at all'" by Rebecca Savransky, 10/2/2017, The Hill view-source:http://thehill.com/homenews/news/353409-vegas-suspects-brother-not-an-avid-gun-guy-at-all QUOTE: Eric Paddock brother of the suspected gunman in the Las Vegas mass shooting spoke with CBS News on Monday, October 2, 2017 "[He] was "not an avid gun guy at all"" "Where the hell did he get automatic weapons. He has no military background or anything like that" "He's a guy who lived in a house in Mesquite and drove down and gambled in Las Vegas." vegas101}}
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It was an old white guy "Gunman Stephen Paddock was an accountant who played $100-a-hand-poker" by Doug Criss and Ralph Ellis, 10/2/2017, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-attack-stephen-paddock-trnd/index.html CNN provides a bullet-point list of details known about Stephen Paddock, the assailant in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history including vegas101}}{{bio}}
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 * He was 64 years old
 * lived in Mesquite, Nevada, a retiree community about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas
 * had previously lived in Melbourne, Florida, near Orlando
 * his brother, Eric Paddock said he helped Stephen move to Mesquite about a year ago
 * was divorced
 * his ex-wife lives in Los Angeles County, California, and has had no contact with him in years
 * they divorced 27 years ago after six years of marriage
 * not known to have children
 * Marilou Danley was identified as Paddock's companion or roommate
 * was in the Philippines when the massacre took place
 * She does not appear to have been involved in the shooting
 * Paddock had been using some of her identification
 * Eric considered him to be "wealthy"
 * "He was a wealthy guy playing video poker... on cruises"
 * and who could afford anything he wanted and played $100-a-hand poker
 * authorities have found no military records for Stephen Paddock
 * Eric says Stephen did not have affiliations with any terror or hate group
 * His father was a bank robber who spent years on the FBI's most-wanted list
 * the FBI lists the late Benjamin Hoskins Paddock as being on the FBI's most-wanted list from June 10, 1969 until May 5, 1977
 * his father died a few years ago and that "he was never with my mom." Eric said he was born while his father was on the run.
 * according to an FAA official, Stephen Paddock had a pilot's license but was not up to date on his medical certification which he would need in order to fly legally
 * the FAA website shows that the last time he went to get the medical certification required for private pilots who want to fly was February 2008 so he could not have flown legally recently
 * the FAA will not release any information regarding his mental health from his last certification in 2008 because it is protected under federal privacy rules
 * Paddock had been staying at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas since last Thursday, September 28, 2017
 * Hotel employees had been in his room prior to the shooting but did not notice anything amiss
 * Officials think Paddock brought the weapons into the hotel by himself but did not provide specifics.
 * authorities believe Paddock had a device similar to a hammer to smash the hotel windows prior to the shooting
 * Paddock killed himself in his room on the 32nd-floor before a police SWAT team burst in
 * according to an unnamed law enforcement official, Paddock had bought multiple firearms in the past, several of them purchased in California
 * but those don't appear to be among the 10 or more guns found in the Mandalay Bay hotel room
 * among the weapons found were a .223 caliber and a .308 caliber
 * so far investigators believe the firearms were purchased legally
 * Eric said he knew Stephen had a couple of handguns and maybe one long rifle but did not know of any automatic weapons
 * Eric said his brother did not have a machine gun when he moved him from Melbourne to Mesquite
 * Authorities searched Paddock's home in Mesquite on Monday, October 2, 2017
 * Mesquite police spokesman Quinn Averett said police found weapons and ammunition, but gave no further details.
 * He kept a low profile. Law enforcement has no "derogatory information" about Stephen Paddock, besides the fact that he received a citation several years ago that was handled in the court system
 * Stephen last communicated with his brother via a text, asking Eric about their mother, who'd lost power during Hurricane Irma
 * Eric also said Stephen spoke to his mother on the phone a week or two ago

At least 50 dead, 200 injured in Vegas shooting (thread 2) "58 killed, 515 hurt in Las Vegas Strip massacre" by Holly Yan, Susannah Cullinane and Philip Victor, 10/2/2017, CNN view-source:http:// http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooter/index.html QUOTE: about 1:20am local time, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo held a press conference the massacre started around 10:08pm Sunday, October 1, 2017 local time at the Route 91 Harvest festival Police had no prior knowledge of the gunman before the attack "I don't know how it could have been prevented" Police found 10 rifles inside Paddock's hotel room "We believe the individual killed himself prior to our entry" Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a hospital after they were injured during the shooting. One is in critical condition, and the other had minor injuries. the sheriff implored the community to donate blood. And before dawn Monday, throngs of donors had already lined up outside a blood bank QUOTE: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department a woman who was described as a "person of interest" after the attack is now not believed to be involved in the shooting "Marilou Danley is no longer being sought out as a person of interest." "LVMPD detectives have made contact with her and do not believe she is involved with the shooting on the strip." QUOTE: Eric Paddock, outside his home in Orlando, Florida was stunned to learn his brother, Stephen, was responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. "We're still just completely befuddled. Dumbstruck" He described his brother, a retired accountant, as "a wealthy guy. He liked to play video poker. He went on cruises." The last time they spoke was when Stephen texted him, asking how their mother was doing after losing power from Hurricane Irma. Eric Paddock said he knew his brother owned a few handguns and maybe one long rifle, but said he did not know of any automatic weapons. QUOTE: James Gagliano, CNN law enforcement analyst "Automatic weapon(s) like that -- had to be numbers of magazines or a very large drum, it sounded to me like a belt-fed weapon, a military-style weapon and then to be shooting down, to use the analogy, it was like shooting fish in a barrel in that space" Governor Brian Sandoval (R NV) tweeted: "A tragic & heinous act of violence has shaken the #Nevada family. Our prayers are w/ the victims & all affected by this act of cowardice." Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I, Las Vegas) tweeted: "Pray for Las Vegas. Thank you to all our first responders out there now." Jason Aldean posted a statement on Instagram: "Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my Crew are safe. My Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night. #heartbroken #stopthehate" Facebook set up a crisis response page to help people determine whether their loved ones are safe. vegas101}}
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Active shooter situation on Vegas strip at Mandalay Bay. UPDATE: Suspect down, according to police "Las Vegas Shooting: 50 Killed and 406 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay" by Andrew Blankstein, Pete Williams, Rachel Elbaum, Yuliya Talmazan and Elizabeth Chuck, 10/1/2017, NBC News view-source:http:// Note: link changed from Metro to NBC News; first of two threads; second thread https://web.archive.org/web/20171002131450/https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/las-vegas-police-investigating-shooting-mandalay-bay-n806461 unknown person or persons shooting at Route 91 Harvest festival at the Las Vegas Village, a ground-level venue, part of the MGM Grand complex nearby on the Las Vegas strip, evening of Sunday, October 1, 2017 there were estimated to be more than 22,000 attending the final day of the three-day country music festival, during the final performance featuring Jason Aldean people heard what some thought was firecrackers; many recordings of the gunfire surfaced online initially there were reports of gunshots at neighboring hotels, which were later believed to be echoes. some concert goers ran to the airport and breached the security fence to escape the gunfire there were so many people needing evacuating that first responders were commandeering civilian vehicles to assist ambulances and other emergency vehicles with transportation to local hospitals, which filled to capacity almost immediately when law enforcement entered the room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel--next door to the venue police found several weapons and that the shooter, Stephen Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nevada, had already killed himself vegas101}}
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White House claims it is "premature" to talk about gun control in wake of Las Vegas shooting, too late to bring up Sandy Hook "White House: 'Premature' To Talk Gun Control In Wake Of Las Vegas Shooting" by Matt Shuham, 10/2/2017, Talking Points Memo http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sanders-premature-political-debate-guns White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed as "premature" suggestions that the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday, October 1, 2017 ought to provide an opportunity to explore legislation to prevent future mass shootings. vegas101}}{{nra}}{{notnow}}
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The NRA decides that maybe, you know, in light of that recent unpleasantness in Las Vegas, they should wait a week before airing a slate of ads that were set to air starting today attacking the Democratic candidate in the VA governor's race "NRA delays TV ads in Virginia after Las Vegas shooting" by Kevin Robillard, 10/2/2017, Politico http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting-nra-virginia-ads-243369 The National Rifle Association has delayed a week's worth of television advertising in Virginia's 2017 elections. The NRA was set to air ads starting Tuesday, October 3, 2017 media-buying sources said, with five weeks to go until Virginia's statewide elections. But the group has now gone dark until October 10, 2017 The NRA has endorsed the entire statewide Republican ticket in Virginia, including gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, attorney general nominee John Adams and lieutenant governor nominee Jill Vogel. It's also endorsed candidates in races for the state House of Delegates. Gillespie is locked in a tight race with Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to be the state's next governor. former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot by a gunman in 2011 and now leads the gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions, was set to campaign for Northam today. But the event was also canceled following the shooting in Las Vegas. vegas101}}{{nra}}{{policize}}{{prop}}
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders will tell us all why now is not the time to talk about gun control, Twitter rants, Russia, or Puerto Rico. This is YOUR White House Press Briefing thread. ("2PM" *wink wink* EDT) "White House Daily Briefing" by White House Press Secretary, 10/2/2017, C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?435046-1/sarah-sanders-briefs-reporters-white-house White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders answered questions from reporters at a press briefing. She first offered condolences for the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured, before answering questions on a variety of domestic and foreign affairs topics Live thread|whpsdb}}{{vegas101}}
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Good news, everyone: We have an NRA response to last night's shooting "Head of NRA affiliate dismisses Vegas massacre: Gun laws don't matter 'when someone has that kind of mentality'" by Travis Gettys, 10/2/2017, Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/nevadas-nra-chief-dismisses-vegas-massacre-gun-laws-dont-matter-when-someone-has-that-kind-of-mentality Don Turner, president of the Nevada Firearms Coalition (NFC), Nevada's NRA affiliate learned about the deadly mass shooting Monday about 7am Las Vegas time when a reporter from Vice News called him to comment on the state's gun laws "The only restriction on magazine capacity in Nevada is how strong you are" Turner told the reporter, who realized the official wasn't aware that 58 people had been killed just hours earlier by gunfire during a country music event. The reporter then informed Turner, who reacted by cautioning against a rush to restrict firearms ownership. "When someone has that kind of mentality, it doesn't matter what kind of laws you have.' "In the emotion of the moment, there's a tendency to push anti-gun agendas. We need to find out what really happened" "NFC is deeply saddened by what happened. It's not a reflection of the majority of gun owners in Nevada." "NFC gun owners are dedicated to responsible and safe use of firearms. This is a tragedy." Turner commented on the shootings before the NRA issued any sort of statement vegas101}}{{nra}}{{backeff}}{{solip}}
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If you had "Less than 24 hours" before Infowars called the Vegas shooting a 'false flag' designed to strip Second Amendment gun rights from Americans, come forward and claim your prize "Alex Jones channel goes bonkers over Vegas 'false flag': 'A new civil war is coming to overthrow government'" by David Edwards, 10/2/2017, Raw Story https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/alex-jones-channel-goes-bonkers-over-vegas-false-flag-a-new-civil-war-is-coming-to-overthrow-government David Knight, host of a morning program on Alex Jones' Infowars channel, suggested on Monday, October 2, 2017, that the massacre in Las Vegas could be a false flag operation designed to strip Second Amendment gun rights from Americans vegas101}}{{nra}}{{pcx}}{{crack}}
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You know, it says everything you need to know about the POTUS when one of the first things you wonder about after hearing of the mass murders in Las Vegas is to wonder how Donald Trump is going to fark this up "Today in Trumpworld -- October 2" by Matthew Nussbaum, 10/2/2017, Politico http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/02/trump-schedule-today-white-house-243361 Politico posts a summary of the President's schedule for Monday, October 2, 2017 starting with the daily intelligence briefing at 10am in the Oval Office through 7pm when the President is scheduled to have dinner with GOP members of Congress in the Blue Room Politico includes notes about the shooting in Vegas and the official White House statement followed by the President's initial response on Twitter in addition, Politico collected some news pieces about Puerto Rico, a review of the President's weekend activities and what Robert Mueller has been up to vegas101}}{{rev}}
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Republican Senators who voted against assault weapons ban in 2013 are tweeting their thoughts and prayers in wake of Las Vegas shooting "Republican Senators who voted against assault weapons ban are tweeting their thoughts and prayers" by By Barbara Morrill, 10/2/2017, Daily Kos https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/2/1703312/-Republican-Senators-who-voted-against-assault-weapons-ban-are-tweeting-their-thoughts-and-prayers Daily Kos collected tweets in response to the mass shooting in Vegas on October 1, 2017 from four Senators who voted against the 2013 Assault Weapons Ban that would have prohibited: "? the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of 157 of the most commonly-owned military-style assault weapons ? In addition, the bill bans large-capacity magazines and other ammunition feeding devices that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition" including: Senator Marco Rubio (R FL), Senator Orrin Hatch (R UT), Senator Richard Shelby (R AL), and Senator Pat Roberts (R KS) vegas101}}{{hypo}}{{tap}}{{nra}}
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President Trump to address the Las Vegas shooting. How will it be all about him? (10:15am ET on C-SPAN) "Presidential Statement on Las Vegas Mass Shooting" by White House, 10/2/2017, C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?435026-1/president-trump-calls-las-vegas-mass-shooting-act-pure-evil Live thread|cspan}}{{vegas101}}{{peoc}}
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