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    Las Vegas Massacre Prompts Further Look Into Nevada's Gun Laws

    The massacre in Las Vegas has brought what's becoming a predictable narrative in the wake of deadly mass shootings in the U.S.: whether or not gun control laws could have helped prevent the tragedy.
    by Kirk Siegler Oct 03, 2017 3 minutes

    Next door to the Mandalay Bay casino where Sunday night's shooting rampage occurred on the Las Vegas strip, British tourist Gary Shepherd was struggling like nearly everyone else to process what happened.

    "Whether this will finally change your gun laws, I fancy not, personally," Shepherd says.

    The country's latest – and now deadliest in recent history – mass shooting has again reignited debate over gun control, and whether tougher gun laws could prevent future tragedies.

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