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58 Cold Hard Facts From The Nation That Just Brought You Another 58 ‘Cold Dead Hands’
If you think the latest horrendous mass shooting in the United States will cause a shocked nation to stop and take stock, then you know very little about the history of American gun culture, or politics.
- Chris Graham reports
- New Matilda
At least 58 people have died overnight in Las Vegas, Nevada in yet another mass shooting in one of the world’s most violent nations.
Perched on the verandah of a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Stephen Craig Paddock, a 64-year-old local white man, opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 people at the adjacent to the Route 91 Harvest Festival.
Media are widely reporting the attack as the worst gun massacre on American soil.
Of course, it’s…