Video of what has been deemed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history shows people cowering and running for cover from a fusillade of rapid-fire gunshots. “My jeans are covered in someone’s blood, my T-shirt is covered in someone’s blood, my sister’s whole leg was covered in blood,” said a 21-year-old. “The fact that he had those kind of weapons is just — where the hell did he get automatic weapons?” was the apt question posed by his bewildered brother. But America has no monopoly on evil or sick people, yet it loses far more people to gun violence. Other countries — notably Australia following a mass shooting in 1996 — have demonstrated the possibility of bans on assault weapons and other common-sense restrictions.

Source: Washington Post October 02, 2017 22:22 UTC