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now is the time to stop and say a prayer for all involved in Vegas . even those ho survived will be haunted for years over this.
it's not a gun thing . it is dealing with evil and sadly there will be more to come .
worst is all the fake news that came out immediately . i deactivated my fb account because it was so full of bs fake news . sad that there are no honorable journalist left today .

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Originally Posted by Evolvo

Shine, I asked google "how many guns did the vegas shooter have" this is what came up: https://www.google.com/search?q=how+...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Turns out he had 23 fully loaded automatic weapons in his terrorist sniper location. "it's not a gun thing" is the most absurd thing I've heard today. Saying a prayer will help the victims and their families about as much as dedicating a golf trophy to Puerto Rico will help them. Yes he may have been an evil madman, but he had no trouble building a stash of automatic weapons. All he had to do was go to a gun show and "show me the money". That's why this insanity will continue until we come to our senses. Here's a thought. The "right to bear arms" in our Constitution was written when the most modern guns where muzzle loading rifles that fired one round and probably took a while to reload. Gun technology has advanced a bit since then, why haven't our laws? We should all be haunted by this, every day!

Google doesn't always know everything. The Las Vegas sheriff stated today that he was not aware of any weapons that are fully automatic, but a couple had a bump stock. Reporters/talking heads with no knowledge of firearms use the term 'automatic' (many shots with one trigger pull, or 'machine guns' in the vernacular) for weapons that are actually semi-automatic (one shot with one trigger pull).

Originally Posted by Evolvo

Ah, Henry, there were 12 "bump fire stocks" that can be bought at any gun store. I'd never heard of them but they were reviewed on my local news tonight. With one of these I guess it's as good as an automatic. Sure sounds like one to me.

ATF: 12 Bump fire stocks found on Las Vegas shooter's guns - CNN

You totally missed my point. I was simply stating that the press (i.e. Google) was making assumptions, "reporting" without solid information, and that they, as well as you, were confusing automatic with semi-automatic weapons.