As Linda Green stood behind police tape and gazed at the Mandalay Bay hotel, she thought about the months ahead — the sadness, the healing, the push for gun control legislation. “This event will change everything,” said the 72-year-old retiree and longtime resident of Las Vegas. “Once everything settles I think we will revisit this gun control thing.”Even before a gunman opened fire from the 32nd story of the hotel onto an outdoor country music festival, killing at least 59 people and leaving more than 500 injured, Nevadans were accustomed to political battles over gun control. In interviews in Las Vegas on Tuesday, several people said that expanding background checks wouldn’t hurt, but it wouldn’t help either. “It's not about gun control.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 04, 2017 01:41 UTC