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Las Vegas shooting could create push for Nevada gun legislation

Just as the Sandy Hook school shooting prompted efforts to regulate gun policies in Nevada in 2013, the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1 will likely result in a new push when the Legislature convenes in 2019.

 
Quickly built garden is first step in helping Las Vegas heal

They carted dirt in wheel barrows, hung mementos from twine and planted 58 trees — one for each victim of the mass shooting at a country music festival on the Strip.

Nevada Democrats want to ban bump stocks

A group of Nevada Democrats said Thursday they will request a bill to ban bump stock devices, which speed the firing ability of a semi-automatic weapons.

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Titus, Democrats introduce bill to ban sale of bump stocks

As President Donald Trump met with the victims and heroes of Sunday’s mass shooting, Rep. Dina Titus “personally delivered” to White House staff a letter inviting him to meet with the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, a group established by the Democratic Caucus after the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

County studies distribution of donated money for Las Vegas shooting

Clark County commissioners and staff will meet with representatives of a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit Thursday to determine how best to deliver donated money to victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, County Manager Yolanda King said.

President Trump, first lady meet victims, heroes in Las Vegas

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, met privately Wednesday in Las Vegas with victims and heroes of Sunday’s mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, praising the “love and courage” that prevented an even-worse tragedy.

Trump to visit with first responders, victims’ families in Las Vegas

President Donald Trump will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with families of victims of the deadly mass shooting and thank police and first responders for the countless lives they saved.

Trump decries act of ‘pure evil,’ will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday

President Donald Trump will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with law enforcement, first responders and families of victims of America’s deadliest ever mass shooting — an act he described as “pure evil.”