las vegas
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How My Play Cousin Stopped a Mass Shooting and Disproved the Myth About Good Guys With Guns
I used to believe that one of the stupidest narratives in existence was the National Rifle Association’s assertion that “the only person who can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” I also believed that turning mass shooters into celebrities creates more mass shooters. But I no longer…
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Dumpster Diving for Dro: Las Vegas Airport Offers New Way to Dispose of Leftover Weed and … Hold on, I’ll BRB
They’re calling them amnesty boxes, but these new green receptacles are essentially a treasure trove of discarded weed. Well, they would be if you could get your hands in them. As Fox News reports, visitors leaving from Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport now have the option of disposing of their legally acquired marijuana and prescription…
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Police Discover Child Pornography on Las Vegas Shooter’s Computer
You may have been wondering, as my colleague, The Root staff writer Monique Judge, recently did, why “Las Vegas shooter” is trending again. It’s because authorities have found a mass of child pornography on his computer, according to authorities. On Oct. 1, 2017, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock acted as a sniper from his hotel room, shooting…
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Steve Scalise Was an Asshole Before He Got Shot. Now He’s Just an Asshole With a Bad Hip
In the early morning of June 14, 2017, several Congress members who would be participating in a Congressional Baseball Game the following day met up at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Va., just across the Potomac River, to get in one last practice. What none of the 20 or so congressional staffers in attendance…
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The Privilege of White Individuality
Stop lying; you did it, too. I’m sure I’m not alone in being among those who—for a brief moment when they heard about the Las Vegas shooting—quietly mumbled to themselves, “Dear God, please don’t let the shooter be black.” As you’re reading this, someone is typing a variation of the comment “Nah, I knew. Black…
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After Sunday’s Shooting Massacre, Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas Look to Increase Security
In the wake of Sunday night’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas Strip, hotels and casinos are looking to maintain as much of a sense of normalcy as possible while simultaneously ramping up security to keep employees and guests alike as safe as possible. The New York Daily News reports that while many in the…
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GOP Senator Believes Las Vegas Victims Should’ve Gotten ‘Small’ When the Shooting Began: Report
For Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the issue isn’t gun control or gun safety, or that average citizens can walk into a gun store and walk out with an automatic weapon and enough rounds to bring down a building. Nope, for Thune the real issue in an open society where not everyone can be protected is…
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Girlfriend of Las Vegas Gunman Returns to the US
The girlfriend of the Las Vegas mass shooter has returned to the United States after traveling abroad for the week and will now be at the center of the investigation into the horrific attack as authorities try to pin down a motive for Stephen Paddock’s deadly rampage. Paddock’s girlfriend, 62-year-old Marilou Danley, was in the…
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Please Stop Assuming Stephen Paddock Must Have Been ‘Mentally Ill’
I used to be deathly afraid of being outed about my mental-health struggles. What if I got a speeding ticket and ended up on the front page of my local paper? Award-winning writer found with unknown crazy-people prescription pills in car while driving with child! I could get into a car accident or curse out…