America’s latest mass shooting self mutilation

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Martyn Bradbury
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Once again, the toxic cocktail of a deeply paranoid culture mixed with a vicious gun industry that manages to tap every deep seated fear of the national identity has reared its ugly head and committed another American mass shooting.

With over 50 dead and over 400 injured in Las Vegas last night, the mass media spectacle of the latest horror of the American nightmare leaves the usual hollow demands for change to fall dead to the earth in the face of a psychotic domestic arms industry that sees gun ownership on par with religion.

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To date there have been over 11 600 gun linked deaths this year alone in America. Their gun violence is a low level civil war being waged against their own citizens and they seem utterly incapable of preventing or minimising their violent fantasies towards one another.

America is an addict who can never hit rock bottom to find the healing moment of clarity, they are doomed to forever repeat their mistakes while the domestic arms industry profit margins rise.

America has become the land of the killing spree, home of the grave and no one can seem to stop that.

68 COMMENTS

  1. The sale of military automatics and concealed pistols to civilians without proper vetting is a big part of it , they get into the hands of nutters and this is what happens. Just tragic.

    There’s just no way you can condone military weapons to civilians , they could still have their ‘guns’ if they must , but only single shot hunting rifles , – and even then there should be stringent licensing and regulations.

    Crazy situation.

    • Here in NZ Gun City successfully lobbied to have basically all the assault rifles made legal here with a basic Cat A gun licence (previously you needed the far more stringent Cat E licence for these guns). It’s an accident waiting to happen. Click the link below to see what we can get here now, in sleepy old NZ; some of these guns aren’t even legal in many states in the US(!).
      https://www.guncity.com/ar15-shop?sort=price1%20desc

      • Bullshit nitrium. It is not legal in nz to buy ” basically all the assault rifles with just an A cat license”
        You are pedaling lies.
        We are not the USA thank god.

  4. Add in the over prescribed psychotropic medications that many mass shooters were shown to have in their systems
    Revenge fantasies can rapidly become reality with impaired judgement and ridiculously available lethal weapons
    Paddock’s father was once in the FBI’s most wanted list ..as a bank robber and prison escapee on the run for 10 years
    America’s paranoia and insane militarism comes home to roost

  5. If all you look at is the facade on the surface its not possible to ask the hard questions like: Why did multiple people report more than one shooter? Why is there video of gunfire coming from the lower middle of Mandalay hotel? Where did all the first responders come from so quickly? How did an arsenal of weapons get into a hotel room (and why) when only one gun was being used? Why does the gun sound like a heavy machine gun that is belt fed? Why was a women in the crowd removed for yelling that they are all going to die an hour before the shooting? Convenience of shooter killing themselves (guess they learnt from Lee Harvey Oswald to cover their tracks better)? But most importantly of all Cui Bono – who will benefit from this distraction? Trumps 9/11 for more police state draconian powers? ISIS? Excuse for an attack on Syria to stop the Syrian/Russians/Iranians from winning?

    So long as the Left refuses to look at the truth behind attacks like this one and 9/11 (the biggest false flag of all) the only thing for sure is that the little people will suffer while their plantation masters continue to play their games.

    • I’m sure Vegas has some counter-terror SWAT response on 24/7 standby. Still, apparently they managed to stop him 5 minutes after the attack began. That is an impressive response time. And good job. Just because of the nature of Vegas (nothing but giant, people filled, money filled targets), they have to think about attacks as much as Homeland Security does.

  6. NZ should legislate to remove access and certification to the general public of automatic weapons, with the role of these devastating killing instruments being confined to military, and at a stretch, tactical response enforcement unit purposes.

    Let this tragedy not go unnoticed by our government, with it providing them the impetus to legislate the removal of such weapons from general public access.

    And to the individuals, families and communities that have been impacted so horrendously from what has been reported to have been one man’s rage, my sadness and condolences for the horror that has been randomly brought upon you.

    • He was firing sustained from a room (32nd floor I heard) in the hotel on a strip where there’s nothing but skyscrapers and concrete. That’s 150m+ just to the ground. Good luck identifying that by ear even if you are LEO/military.

      He obviously designed this for maximum possible amount of shooting people.

  8. “All that is needed to stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun “.So says the National Rifle Association of America. However, what happens if the good guy goes crazy? The U.S. Empire has just learned the answer to that question in Las Vegas. The irony is that the shooting, for a change, happened at a gathering of the country and western set, who would be 95% against gun control.The Gods will not be mocked forever by the hubris of the intellectually challenged !!!

  9. It is simply the ‘new normal’, people who lose it, one way or another, who may have access to such weapons, they now get worked up through social media, and set out to beat previous ‘records’, by leaving their marks in history.

    Society is actually breaking down at many levels and in many corners, not just in the USA. While they may have their mass shootings, given their bizarre gun laws, there are other incidences that are at least as much worrying, e.g. police shootings (often blacks more than others the victims), wide spread drug use, gang and other crime, and on the ‘softer’ side the development of a huge precarious social class, who feel totally powerless and irrelevant, many try to make up for emotional and psychological deficiency by spending almost 24/7 on social media chatter and so forth.

    While we may have few shootings, we have high levels of youth suicide, high imprisonment rates, especially for Maori, rampant P drug use, a growing underclass, homelessness and social dysfunction. So in essence, the only real difference may be the lack of easy access to guns here.

    Arm the police, and we will not be far off from what the US is like today, as then acceptance of gun use will grow exponentially.

  10. I don’t think you need to look for conspiracies or addiction to explain the USA’s problem of violence. I think a culture base on slavery and genocidal land grabs and in complete denial of these is bound to kick up these shooters. Then add the narrative of violence that runs through all of the USA’s entertainment from shoot’em up westerns to shoot’em up police dramas

  13. It’s a testament to the power of propaganda, isn’t it?
    There are plenty of smart-enough people who want sensible gun laws and other reforms, but they’re marginalized by the religious right and large swathes of non-participators.
    I’m expecting I might lose my lunch when I hear how the NRA spins their way out of this one.

  14. Just something to keep in mind – this is NOT a politically motivated massacre so when you hear ‘reluctant to use the word terrorist’ it’s accurate. I don’t have absolute proof but this – even at this stage – has so many similarities to other mass shooting that I would eat my hat if it turns out otherwise (look to his debts and what his girlfriend has to say). This is why sensible gun control and licensing is so important – how can a private person have 40 active guns (semi automatics as well) and not be on police radar at least?

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