Las Vegas Shooting

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Country guitarist who survived Vegas shooting: ‘We need gun control RIGHT. NOW.’
Christine FriarOct 2 at 9:07AM
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After surviving a shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival late Sunday evening—the deadliest in modern U.S. history—Josh Abbott Band guitarist Caleb Keeter has tweeted a plea for stricter gun laws.

In screenshots from a note written on his iPhone, Keeter first identified himself as a lifelong defender of the Second Amendment, which grants all Americans the right to bear arms. Previously he thought allowing civilians to own increasingly powerful firearms was fine because, theoretically, other gun-wielding Americans could step in if any fire broke out. But after surviving the Last Vegas attack, he said his perspective had changed.

“I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life,” Keeter wrote. “Until the events of last night.”

“I cannot express how wrong I was. We actually have members of our crew with CHL licenses, and legal firearms on the bus. They were useless. We couldn’t touch them for fear police might think that we were part of the massacre and shoot us. A small group (or one man) laid waste to a city with dedicated, fearless police officers desperately trying to help, because of access to an insane amount of fire power. Enough is enough,” he said.

“Writing my parents and the love of my life a goodbye last night and a living will because I felt like I wasn’t going to live through the night was enough for me to realize that this is completely and totally out of hand,” he continued. “These rounds were powerful enough that my crew guys just standing in a close proximity of a victim shot by this f**king coward received shrapnel wounds.”

Keeter ended the letter with a call to action. “We need gun control RIGHT. NOW.” he wrote.

“My biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn’t realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it. We are unbelievably fortunate to not be among the number of victims killed or seriously wounded by this maniac.”

They should make murder illegal too...maybe that'll help.

 

[Glocktogo]

Due to the nature of my profession, I couldn't tell you the last time something in the news brought me to tears. I can't say that now. What an awful, awful day.

 

[CHenry]

 

[Poke78]

https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/caleb-keeter-vegas-shooting/?fb=dd
Country guitarist who survived Vegas shooting: ‘We need gun control RIGHT. NOW.’
Christine FriarOct 2 at 9:07AM
BTW

After surviving a shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival late Sunday evening—the deadliest in modern U.S. history—Josh Abbott Band guitarist Caleb Keeter has tweeted a plea for stricter gun laws.

In screenshots from a note written on his iPhone, Keeter first identified himself as a lifelong defender of the Second Amendment, which grants all Americans the right to bear arms. Previously he thought allowing civilians to own increasingly powerful firearms was fine because, theoretically, other gun-wielding Americans could step in if any fire broke out. But after surviving the Last Vegas attack, he said his perspective had changed.

“I’ve been a proponent of the 2nd amendment my entire life,” Keeter wrote. “Until the events of last night.”

“I cannot express how wrong I was. We actually have members of our crew with CHL licenses, and legal firearms on the bus. They were useless. We couldn’t touch them for fear police might think that we were part of the massacre and shoot us. A small group (or one man) laid waste to a city with dedicated, fearless police officers desperately trying to help, because of access to an insane amount of fire power. Enough is enough,” he said.

“Writing my parents and the love of my life a goodbye last night and a living will because I felt like I wasn’t going to live through the night was enough for me to realize that this is completely and totally out of hand,” he continued. “These rounds were powerful enough that my crew guys just standing in a close proximity of a victim shot by this f**king coward received shrapnel wounds.”

Keeter ended the letter with a call to action. “We need gun control RIGHT. NOW.” he wrote.

“My biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn’t realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it. We are unbelievably fortunate to not be among the number of victims killed or seriously wounded by this maniac.”

Having a serious/fatal vehicle accident in their tour bus while travelling had a higher chance of happening than this tragedy yet doesn't give a second thought to loading the gear in the belly of the bus and climbing up the steps to head off to a concert series. I'm calling for an immediate halt to country concert tour buses...RIGHT...NOW!!!

 

[caojyn]

I'm calling for an immediate halt to country music...RIGHT...NOW!!!

Fify

 

[dennishoddy]

Just heard the shooters dad was once on the FBI 10 most wanted list for bank robbery.


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[Poke78]

Fify

EXTREMIST!!

 

[Glocktogo]

EXTREMIST!!

I'd suggest you check yourself Sir. I'm in a pretty morose mood today and I don't need BS posts like this to piss me off!

 

[caojyn]

rest assured, neither side will let this tragedy go to waste

 

[sh00ter]

Awful, awful...my current theory is he was a left-wing martyr hoping to initiate a gun ban similar to how Dylan R. hoped to spark a race war with his pathetic & cowardly actions. If they had banned his rifles he'd have probably just rented a truck...someone this sick should have been on the mental health radar just like the congressional baseball game villain was and signs were missed. He was known to be a hate-filled left wing ideologue that bought into the the divisiveness pushed every single night on CNN & MSNBC. A buncha useful idiots being used by the elitist commies to collapse the constitution and start over...sad...he'll probably turn out to have been on SSRI's too, just watch.

May God bless the victims and their families.