More than 400 people were transported to hospitals following a mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas Sunday night, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement Monday.
The Clark County Fire Department estimated that approximately 406 people were transported to area hospitals and 50 are dead following Sunday evening’s shooting. Among the dead is an LVMPD officer who was off-duty at the time. His name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. There were also two on-duty officers injured, one of whom was upgraded recently from critical to stable condition. The other sustained non-life threatening wounds.
Read the police department’s full statement here.
NRA: “Let’s talk about hammers…”
OK, so here we have nearly 500 shot by one person with a military-style weapon. One person. The crucial factor is the type of weapons he had. But you’ll get people who say it’s “irrational” to focus on the type of weapon, since that’s an “inanimate object.” It’s the most pathetic kind of illogic possible, and yet here we are because of that and other nonsensical ideas. There have always been crazy, hostile people running around. But we’re unique in allowing access to weapons that can help them shoot the better part of 500 people at one time. Because funnily enough that does enter into the matter.
“And because of the failure of Obamacare, many of those wounded will die!” ~ Paul rAyn
I’ve already seen someone on HuffPost bringing up knife attacks in China…
By that logic it would then be “irrational” to focus on Nukes also as they too are inanimate objects. Sort of proves your point doesn’t it!