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Regardless, deadly items such as flame
throwers are not only legal in the USA in 48 out
of 50 states, they can be openly purchased over
the Internet for less than $1,000 dollars. These
weapons shoot flames as far as 25 feet. No
permit is required to own one.
The current debate in the USA,
especially among its lawmakers, is where does
one draw the proverbial line where it concerns
the right to own guns? Some lawmakers think
that owning military grade weaponry is perfectly
fine. They often hide behind the claim that these
are semi-automatic, instead of full blown
automatics like the military and police are
allowed to (and do) use. Their argument is cold
comfort to the hundreds of victims now who
have been murdered by semi-automatic AR-15
rifles which have become the “weapon of
choice” by mass shooters during the past several
years. The AR-15 rifle is extremely popular,
precisely because it is a knock off of what the
military uses.
Lest anyone doubt the lethality of an AR-
15 put in the hands of a murderer, on October 1, House says, her statement isn’t credible. it. Reports that she always went “too easy” on
2017 the deadliest mass shooting in American California has stricter laws than Chicago does, him are easily found on Google.
history took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. her claim is a falsehood, not a fact. While Lynda Cruz, tragically, died of
According to police, a lone ‘nut’ sat in his hotel President Trump has visited the emergency complications from pneumonia in November of
room and from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay responders who helped save the lives of the most 2017, she was one of numerous victims of a flu
Bay Hotel he fired some 1,100 bullets, killed 58 recent shooting victims in Florida, what he has epidemic that has swept the USA and has baffled
people. Of the 851 individuals who were not done, inexcusably, is lead from the front on scientists.
injured, 422 of them were hit by the gunman, this issue by advocating common sense changes While his adopted mother’s death
Stephen Paddock. As of this reporting, Las to gun laws. In fact under Trump and the obviously impacted Nicholas Cruz, independent
Vegas Police told this writer that they are now Republicans, mentally unstable individuals can of this fact there is persuasive evidence that he
looking for “two people of interest” who may now resume buying guns, bypassing a previous was a dangerous ticking time bomb, regardless.
have also been involved in this crime. Paddock restriction Obama had put into place. If this Cruz was kicked out of high school for fighting.
is dead, he offed himself before SWAT teams change in the law is not immoral, nothing is. He sold weapons such as knives while at his
stormed his room, which was loaded with With Trump now Tweeting and school, and carried bullets with him on campus.
several military grade weapons. He had fired so emphasizing how “mentally unstable” the killer His social media postings paint a disturbing
many rounds of ammunition, that the smoke in the recent Florida shooting is, his words ring picture, they contain literal pictures of him
from his rifles triggered his room’s smoke hollow and they’re pure hypocrisy. brandishing weapons and being obsessed with
detectors. guns, pistols included.
This incident remains the deadliest mass Florida
shooting in U.S. history, when one excludes the FBI, Police Fails
mass shootings of Native American Indians Fast forward now to the present, and another
committed by the U.S. government as part of its mass shooting has taken place, this time at Nicholas Cruz was reported twice to the FBI as
formal policy of committing genocide against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in a person who deserved scrutiny for potentially
the native inhabitants of this country. Florida. Nicholas Cruz, age 19, has been deadly behavior. The FBI has now admitted that
formally charged with premeditated murder and as recent as last September, 2017, a warning was
White House Reacts attempted murder, which could get him the lodged with them by a bail bondsman in
death penalty. His killing spree took the lives of Mississippi who became concerned when he

There is no question that President Donald 17 students and injured at least 15 more. saw Cruz’s boast that he was, “going to be a
Trump is more “pro-gun” than his predecessor, Already, his legal defense team, which professional school shooter,” which he had
Barack Obama was. As a rule, Democrats by consists of Public Defenders, are already posted online for everyone to see. Just six weeks
much larger margins support far more restrictive telegraphing their strategy. According to Melissa before these killings, the FBI was warned again,
gun laws than their Republican counterparts will McNeil, who went so far as to ‘comfort’ the police had visited his residence on 39 previous
ever do. Obama is a Democrat, Trump is a shooter by placing her arm around him during occasions.
Republican. his initial hearing before the Judge, McNeil We now know that Cruz was a mental patient,
White House spokeswoman Sarah claims that, “He’s (Cruz) sad. He’s mournful. but stopped going for treatment. The fact the
Huckabee Sanders has articulated before what He’s remorseful. He is fully aware of what is FBI didn’t follow through in checking on Cruz,
Trump’s stance is, “I think one of the things we going on, and he’s just a broken human being.” combined with no known follow ups by health
don’t want to do is try to create laws that won’t Another member of Cruz’s defense team, officials concerning why it was that Cruz
stop these types of things from happening. I Gordon Weekes, has told the media that the suddenly stopped his treatments, are
think if you look to Chicago where you had over death of Cruz’s mother is what triggered his inexcusable. Had FBI and health officials done
4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year meltdown and killing spree. Cruz was adopted their jobs, the students Cruz murdered might
they have the strictest gun laws in the country. by Lynda Cruz, and according to all known still be alive today.
That certainly hasn’t helped there.” accounts by people who knew her, loved
As with much of what the Trump White Nicholas Cruz “to a fault,” as one neighbor put (Continued on Page 9)