Gun control Agenda Already Being Pushed. Here is what is known thus far The shooter, Stephen Craig Paddock, age 6. Mesquite, Nevada, launched an attack on an unsuspecting crowd of 2. Route 9. 1 Harvest Festival across the street from where he had rented a room in Las Vegas. The attack began just a few minutes after 1. Sunday night, and ended less than 1. Paddock took his own life as police were entering his room. At least 5. 8 concert attendees were killed and more than 5. Agenda Regular Font' title='Agenda Regular Font' />President Donald Trump called on the United Nations to focus more on people and less on bureaucracy, in comments during a meeting on institutional overhauls as. Agenda Regular Font' title='Agenda Regular Font' />The room that Paddock rented his at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino beginning last Thursday was strategically placed so that he had a full view of the concerts crowd. There were 1. 0 semi automatic rifles in his room along with many rounds of ammunition. The rifles used in the attack did not have suppressors as noted by members of crowd who said they heard fireworks, firecrackers, and a pop pop pop as Paddock sprayed the crowd. The police said nothing about any of the rifles used in the attack having sniper scopes on them, even though the crowd was at least 3. Paddock when he started shooting. When Paddocks brother Eric, who lives in Florida, was notified of the attack, he was flummoxed, saying that it caught him and his family completely by surprise We have no idea how this happened. Free Printable Daily Planner template for Excel. Print a free daily planner page using this template and find other printable daily planners. Opinion Guest Opinions Scott Raney Do county officials have data, or just an agendaIts like an asteroid just fell on top of our family. Eric added There is no reason we can imagine why Stephen would do something like this. Were lost. We dont get it. This is like someone else did this. A single unconfirmed report from the Islamic States news agency Amaq claimed that Paddock was a recent convert to Islam The Las Vegas attack was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State and he carried it out in response to calls to target states of the coalition, a reference to the coalition of forces fighting the group in the Middle East. Amaq also claimed, The Las Vegas attacker converted to Islam a few months ago. This is the deadliest mass shooting in modern U. S. history, worse even than the massacre at the gay Pulse nightclub in June 2. Hamilton Beach Single-Serve Blender Manual. What remains unknown  again, the claim by Amaq is unconfirmed  is Paddocks motivation for the attack. Initial background checks came up with next to nothing a minor traffic ticket a few years ago, and a private pilots license along with a hunting license. The police failed to find anything unusual in its initial efforts to explore Paddocks background. The police were persuaded that Paddocks girlfriend Marilou Danley had nothing to do with Paddocks attack. Also unknown is how Paddock managed to bring 1. What is certain is that the anti gun forces are already ramping up its outrage over the incident, demanding that Congress do something even though it is unclear exactly what can be done to prevent carnage like this from happening in the future. The two anti gun Democratic senators from Connecticut were among the first in line to express their views. Senator Richard Blumenthall D Conn. Its been barely a year since what was previously the largest mass shooting in American history  the deadly attack at the Pulse nightclub. In the interim, thousands more have been lost to the daily, ruthless toll of gun violence. Still, Congress refuses to act. I am more than frustrated, I am furious. And Connecticut Democrat Senator Christopher Murphy intoned This must stop. It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there arent public policy responses to this epidemic. Congress to get off its  and do something. In an article that appeared as if it could have been prewritten, waiting for just such an event to occur in order to once again push the gun control agenda, Nicholas Kristof, writing for the notoriously anti gun, anti Second Amendment New York Times, offered his thoughts on just what those public policy responses ought to be Universal background check even though Paddock most likely passed background checks in purchasing those rifles author Impose a minimum age limit of 2. Paddock was 6. 4 Enforce a ban on possession of guns by anyone subject to a domestic violence protection order even though no such order has been found during the polices initial investigation into Paddocks background Limit gun purchases by any one person to no more than, say, two a month even though Paddock had 1. Adopt microstamping of cartridges even though independent experts have concluded that the technology doesnt yet exist for such microstamping and others remain unpersuaded that it would prevent attacks like Sundays from occurring in the future Invest in smart gun technology even though such technology hasnt been shown to reduce violent crime Require safe storage, to reduce theft, suicide and accidents by children even though Paddock was no child and his weapons werent stolen, at least he relieved society of the burden of finding him guilty and incarcerating him for the murders of 5. Invest in research to see what interventions will be more effective in reducing gun deaths even though even Paddocks family had no idea that he was even considering such a deadly rampage that might have triggered such unknown future interventions might have thwarted his attack. Although none of these proposed public policy responses to the Las Vegas massacre would have prevented Paddock from carrying out his ghastly attack, if implemented they would certainly impact those who had nothing whatsoever to do with that attack law abiding Americans seeking to exercise their rights under the Second Amendment. Photo AP Images. An Ivy League graduate and former investment advisor, Bob is a regular contributor to The New American magazine and blogs frequently at Light. From. The. Right. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need Java. Script enabled to view it.