An Updated (Yet Again) Top 10 Worst Mass Shooting In American History (October, 2023)

Las Vegas Harvest Music Festival, October 2017: White male Stephen Paddock opens fire from a hotel high rise sniper position, using weapons legally modified to fire as fully automatic, killing 58 and wounding over 500. Also legally acquired were magazines capable of firing 100 rounds without reloading (bump stocks were later banned by the Trump Administration). These helped him at one point f<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/las-vegas-terrorist-fired-280-rounds-concert-crowd-article-1.3537388" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">ire 280 rounds into the crowd in just 30 seconds</a> with thousands of rounds of legally acquired ammunition fired in total over just 10 minutes. Also legally acquired were incendiary “tracer” rounds he unsuccessfully used to try to get nearby huge jet fuel tanks to explode. <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/05/17/las-vegas-shooter-claimed-americans-needed-a-wake-up-call/23437403/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Later reports indicate</a> Paddock was a right wing conspiracy theorist preoccupied with beliefs the Federal government was going to seize guns. He supposedly claimed FEMA camps after Hurricane Katrina were “a dry run for law enforcement and military to start kickin’ down doors and … confiscating guns.” Paddock also allegedly said, “Somebody has to wake up the American public and get them to arm themselves . . . Sometimes sacrifices have to be made.” <a href="https://keithdb.medium.com/an-updated-yet-again-top-10-worst-mass-shooting-in-american-history-october-2023-7c2d647d477a">Read More</a>