Las Vegas bus shooting suspect says he feared larger passenger

Thank you, NRA.

Good thing he had a gun to defend himself!

...oh wait.

What we have is a case of a person using their feelings, specifically their fear, without regard for how rational their fear is, to justify doing harm to another. That may as well be the theme song for our post-modern era. "I don't know you're a threat, but I fear you might be, so I'm going to pre-emptively do harm to feel powerful and show my dominance."

From hate crime terrorism to unjustified police brutality to Muslim bans to "random" violence in our streets, fear is driving decision-making. Maybe it's time to get a little psychological healthcare for all these people who are so afraid rather than arming them up to help them act on their fears.

I guess this moron is one of those Repub "heroes" who are always armed ready to kill anyone they personally deem a threat. Isn't this sort of thing legal in the US?

Disturbed people shouldn't have firearms. That is the law.

@theFu Disturbed people shouldn't have firearms. That is the law.

The US gun industry is too powerful. They care jack nada about public safety. Trump and the Republicans know large numbers of their supporters are gun huggers. Gun huggers will blindly follow Trump as long as he doesn't do something that might interfere with their ability to get more guns and ammo. Look for even more powerful weapons to be legalized.

President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221

Las Vegas area has harsh gun registration law but often we read gun used fights on newspapers or news on videos. There are several local channels and local governments owned channels reporting rooobberies.