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b'In the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, at least 58 are dead and more than 500 were wounded as a lone gunman rained down thousands of rounds with his fully automatic rifles on attendees at an outdoor country music concert. The shooter, reportedly a retired real estate investor and high-stakes gambler who lived in nearby Mesquite, is said to have killed himself as the Las Vegas SWAT team located him on the 32nd floor of the Monterey Bay Casino. Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, was reportedly in possession of as many as 19 high-powered weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his hotel room, from which he allegedly carried out the shooting on concert-goers some 400 yards away in a matter of 10 to 15 horrifying minutes -- the worst mass murder in American history. After a brief update on some of the important news from over the weekend (other than in Vegas) regarding Puerto Rico and North Korea, we discuss what is known about the massacre as of air time, and the White House reaction to it. Then, we examine some of the hard data on violent gun deaths in the U.S., including why experts believe the rates of murder and suicide by gun in the U.S. are so much higher than in other prosperous developed nations with otherwise comparable crime rates. We also look at the available empirical data on how (and if) gun safety laws actually reduce the rate of both homicide and suicide in countries around the world (including the U.S.) after gun laws are strengthened and/or loosened. Much of what we cover today, on the surface, seems as if it should be obvious. The data sets are true no matter how one feels about guns and the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, these facts are not as well understood by the public as one might think and hope, particularly given the partisan political restrictions on tracking, debating, or even discussing these matters, thanks in no small part to the decades of propaganda and campaigning by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the arms lobby that it represents...'