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["The details surrounding the case are in no way unique. Indeed, we are hearing the same thing we've heard a thousand times: no criminal record, no record of violence, seemed like a normal guy, no one could have predicted it. \n\nLet us state in CLEAR and UNEQUIVOCAL terms exactly what this means: \n\nIt means that the guy living next door, or across the street or the guy delivering your groceries or the guy you share an office with who happens to be a gun owner could flip and murder you at any time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and there is absolutely no way to protect yourself or your loved ones. The more guns present in your particular vicinity, the greater the likelihood you will, at some point, be murdered. \n\nThat's what it means. ", "I suspect this was a simple case of \"suicide by cop\".\nHe knew that if he made a big enough bang, that the cable networks would put him on the air for hours... or even days, if he made it really big.\n\nHe had years of watching the reactions from newscasters, cops, n

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["This massacre should have one effect: Amazon, in considering where to put 50,000 employees, may prefer not to have them at risk from machine gun bullets. So the chances of an Amazon headquarters at insane places like  Dallas, Oklahoma City, and Reno or Las Vegas, as well as places like Mogadishu or Rakka are probably fading. ", "Obvious enough the imbalance and out and out  abuse/exploitation of the 2nd Amendment, compared to the other amendments, is intolerable.  The over riding    principle of all the amendments is to support our life, our liberties and our  pursuit of happiness. The current extreme interpretation and exploitation of the 2nd amendment has wrought death, more restriction of our liberties and the imposition of a hate and fear.", "The BIG question is. When will our leaders in Washington D.C. ever learn? It seems to me they have turned a blind eye yet again in gun control. We have seen or witness countless human lives suffer in the past couple years. Enough is enough. We must act now! ", "Wel

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["When the NRA next speaks (perhaps a month from now), they will call for a ban on tall buildings.", "I heard on from a TV guru that the maniac shooter arrived with 10 pieces of luggage. If that's true, isn't that excessive for one person even in Las Vegas? ", "It is very hard to believe not one other person was involved or at least noticed something odd. How exactly did an almost elderly man bring a van's worth of firearms, ammunition, and other items like tripods and scopes to the 32nd floor of a hotel and then have the time, perhaps days, to set up an elaborate killing machine completely undetected?", "Oh come on. Let's not blame the hotels here. What are they supposed to do? Check our suitcases and shopping bags? When are we going to put the emphasis on making sure that nobody who is not on active military duty has  military assault rifles, for any reason. We all pay the price in loss of privacy and endless security checks, because the NRA owns our politicians. Next thing you'll blame the concert goers fo

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["I say go even further, ban semi automatic rifles, ban the \"accessories\" that give them the firepower of automatic rifles and ban automatic rifles. I say implement a national buy-back program, turn those \"swords\" into plowshares. Enough is enough. Save the guns for licensed shooting ranges and for a select group of police officers and the military. If people live in isolated rural areas and need guns to hunt for their food, in those cases, make sure they go through a rigorous background check and limit one gun per individual. People have the right to protect themselves from intruders, yes, alarm systems do a pretty good job against intruders. Protecting yourself by stockpiling these weapons should the US government go rogue and come to take away your \"freedoms\"? You think you'd stand a chance against a military that can drop kick you into the blessed hereafter with a single drone strike before you've had your morning coffee? No. 43 high powered rifles in the hands of one individual does one thing, just

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["Nothing will ever change.\n\nThis is the America of guns and religion that we built.\n\nWe're stuck with it. ", "\"It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too soon to know what, if anything, might have prevented the shooting in Las Vegas, and it may be that nothing could have prevented it\". Outlawing guns would have.", "I absolutely agree with Mr. Kristof that we need stringent gun control.\n\nI absolutely disagree with his timing though.  We are only hours away from a national tragedy at a time when the nation is as fractious as it has been in half a century.  This is a time in which we need to find a way to mourn and heal together, regardless of our beliefs.  If we could do that, we would all come out of this tragedy stronger.  \n\nIt is not the time to lobby for our side on divisive political issues.  Instead of healing, opinion pieces like this one, delivered at this moment, will only foment further division, self-righteousness and anger.", "guns = shootings\nno guns = no shootings", "Those who defend the right of peopl

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["There are always arguments that stricter gun laws wouldn't have prevented the mass shooting in Las Vegas.  However, if we had a national gun registry and required registration for all guns, it seems conceivable that someone purchasing nearly two dozen weapons should raise a red flag somewhere.  As a gun owner myself, I underwent a background check before purchasing the gun and would have absolutely no problem if a registration was required.", "I imagine that when automobiles were first becoming common and traffic control measures like stop signs and traffic lights were being proposed and installed that there were people who said that since some will ignore these signs and lights, and that accidents cannot be prevented, and therefore it will do no good to attempt any control.</></>The fact that gun laws cannot be perfectly enforced is not a reason not to have them.", "If we can boycott major cities for gay rights positions, maybe it's time to start boycotting them for their legislators' positions on gun cont

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["Comments made on Twitter are often false. Readers should always check them for accuracy. \n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/reader-center/krugman-cholera-tweet.html", "Or people can take responsibility for their own news, and stop getting their news from social media networks.", "\"Two-thirds of American adults get their news from social media?\"\n\nThat line, in and of itself, is terrifying. What on earth led people to believe these sites were a reliable source for news? At the risk of sounding like a fossil, I have never spent even a minute on any social media platform. \n\nAnd, at the risk of sounding like a suck-up, when I want hard-hitting, strenuously-vetted news, I read the New York Times.\n\nAmericans seem blissfully unaware that every time they visit one of these sites, the finer details of their lives are being sold to a seemingly endless list of companies, each one vying to dig deeper into their bank accounts than the one that preceded it.\n\nThe other day a buddy of mine begrudgingly admitte

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["Wondering why identification of the shooter is important to NYT readers if they are so prepared to accept repetitive shorthand in referencing Mr. Paddock. A brothers comment as to Paddock's religious and political views seems to have tightened up any loose ends for discussion. Another question I have is did he have gambling privileges revoked at the Man and was executing a vendetta or were there other reasons why this concert venue was selected?", "I heard a comedian recently. He said \"I just bought a gun. My wife said 'what the heck do we need THAT for?' I said, well--we're gonna want water in 10 years.\" \n\nThe way things are going, he was probably being optimistic. More like 5 years. ", "How on EARTH did he manage to get these guns into a hotel room? Maybe he put them into zippered bags and called the bell hop. Something byzantine and diabolical like that, I'm sure. ", "Another mass murder. More families suffering the loss of loved ones.\nJust another day in the USA.\nThe NRA is no longer the group it 

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["The suspect's background doesn't add up and does not account for his \"wealth.\" His background seems too clean. His work history does not account for the number of residences and the ownership of two planes. Could he be former \"black ops\" or money laundering, smuggling, etc.? Where did his money come from? Real estate is not that lucrative. Just something about this guy does not add up, something is missing....(are we not being told something?)", "A woman from Texas standing in a breakfast line on the cruise ship I'm currently on remarked \"It's the price we pay for living in a free and open society\" upon hearing this news.\n\nI understand critical thinking was removed from the Texas high school curriculum some time ago. Time to consider reinstating it, wouldn't you say?", "On Las Vegas shootings and Definition of Terror Attack:\n\n-- Shooter's brother: \"He has no political affiliation, no religious affiliation, as far as we know. This wasn't a terror attack.\"\n\n-- Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo's to

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