INTERVIEW – DAN BONGINO – former Secret Service agent and author of new book “Protecting the President” AND Bongino worked with the New York City Police Department for four years
TOPIC: Analysis of the latest on the Vegas shooting:
>> Vegas Sheriff Lombardo: 58 dead, over 500 injured (Fox News) – A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night from his perch on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, using at least 10 guns to rain down a steady stream of fire, murdering at least 59 people and injuring more than 520 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. The suspect, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a resident of Mesquite, Nevada. Police initially sought a woman believed to be Paddock’s roommate, Marilou Danley, as a “person of interest.” Detectives later made contact with her, and “do not believe she is involved with the shooting on The Strip.” Stephen Paddock carried out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Here’s what authorities know so far about the 64-year-old Nevada man.Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said an “excess of 10 rifles” were found in the room, but did not immediately reveal a motive, saying “I can’t get into the mind of a psychopath at this point.” Paddock reportedly had about 23 guns in his hotel room, according to police in an evening press conference.
>> Democrats Immediately Call For Gun Control After Las Vegas Shooting
>> PELOSI: .@speakerryan, it’s time for action. Congress must create a Select Committee on Gun Violence.
>> “We need a president who recognizes that we have a gun violence problem and will work towards solutions,” Mark Kelly says
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Hillary Clinton slams NRA, gun silencer bill in wake of Las Vegas shooting
“The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get,” wrote Clinton on Twitter Monday morning after first saying she was grieving with “the victims, those who lost loved ones, the responders, & all affected by this cold-blooded massacre.”
“Our grief isn’t enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again,” she added.
It appeared Clinton was referencing the Hearing Protection Act, introduced by Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and John Carter, R-Texas, in January and now part of the omnibus Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, a bill self-described “to provide for the preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and enhance recreation opportunities on Federal land, and for other purposes.”
The Hearing Protection Act removes silencers from the Internal Revenue Code’s definition of “firearms,” which could ultimately make it easier for individuals to purchase them without the background checks required for firearm buyers. It further eliminates a $200 tax on the sound suppressors.
