It's been five years since carnage and death left families terrified as a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017.
FILE - People visit a makeshift memorial honoring the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, on Nov. 12, 2017. Five years after a gunman killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more at a country music festival in Las Vegas, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.
In the years since, the grim drumbeat of mass shootings has continued: schools in Uvalde, Texas, and Parkland, Florida; grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and Boulder, Colorado; bars in Dayton, Ohio, and Thousand Oaks, California; a city building in Virginia Beach, Virginia; a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, the debate over gun laws in the U.S. rages on, including a renewed challenge to the federal regulation sparked by the Las Vegas shooting.
"But, we’re not stopping there," Biden said in a statement. “I am determined to seize this momentum and work with Congress to enact further commonsense gun violence prevention legislation, including banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, which have enabled shooters to slaughter so many innocents.”
“I know when it keeps happening, people often express feelings of hopelessness,” Pereira said. “I think the big thing for Las Vegas is to be able to share with those other communities that healing does occur, and that there is hope.”
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Five Years After the Route 91 Harvest Festival Tragedy in Las Vegas, Pain is Still FeltOct. 1 marks the fifth anniversary of the Las Vegas music festival tragedy that became the deadliest mass shooting committed by a single person.
Read more »
Las Vegas shooting—Three unanswered questions 5 years on from tragedySurvivors of the deadly mass shooting questioned the FBI's three-page report on the event published in 2019.
Read more »
Las Vegas resort temporarily closes dolphin habitat after third animal deathThe dolphin and wildlife attraction at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has temporarily closed after three dolphins died at the enclosure this year.
Read more »
'It was pretty scary': Jason Aldean details Las Vegas shooting experienceCountry music star Jason Aldean has opened up in detail about his experience at the Route 91 Festival shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, saying that “it was pretty scary.”
Read more »
Nevada Department of Corrections head resigns after Las Vegas bomber’s botched escapeThe head of Nevada’s Department of Corrections has resigned in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unreported for four days.
Read more »