Did a retired accountant who killed fifty nine people in and hundreds more from a hotel room packed with weapons as investigators dig into Stephen Products background the u. S. Is grappling with the worst mass shooting in its modern history and many are asking the inevitable question about gun control also on the grid a massive show of defiance and anger in catalonia thats where hundreds of thousands have been out on the streets unions called a strike in the spanish region and protest against Police Brutality during the un. Vote for life to barcelona and its indias most recognizable landmark its also one of the seven wonders of the world strains than that the taj mahal has failed to feature in a new government tourism booklets the government insists it isnt political but not everyones convinced. And protests that kenyas top universe. 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Investigators are picking apart the life of las vegas gunman Stephen Paddock to try to work out why he staged the worst mass shooting in americas modern history fifty nine people were killed and more than five hundred injured thats when patrick opened fire from the thirty second floor of a Hotel Directly into a packed Country Music festival below the sixty four year old took his own life before police reached the hotel room they say him last twenty three guns at the hotel including semiautomatic weapons and there were more in his home brunells joining us from las vegas i suppose what i want to know robin a lot of viewers is how he could have taken in twenty three weapons to a hotel without raising suspicion and what more can you tell us about the investigation. Well as far as your first question you know ive im at the Mandalay Hotel myself staying there overnight and people are bringing in banks the banks are not being checked you can imagine how long it would take for every guests bag to be checked and rechecked at various places just like at any airport but maybe itll come to that from now on who knows the time will come for discussion of more stringent security measures nothing really new in the investigation there is hope that by examining Stephen Paddocks. Computer hardware they may get some clues President Trump is on his way to las vegas on wednesday he apparently has drawn his own conclusions as to the motives of or if not the motives of patrick as to his mental state heres what the president had to say. Well for the people who lost may just the residents there how are they coping. Well there was a series of candlelight vigils last night very emotional a lot of tears people were praying they heard some uplifting messages from a local leaders and religious leaders and people there were saying things like you know it we are grieving were hurting but we were looking to try and move forward now trying to find some good in all of this not to hate but to try to understand but first serve for certain it will take a long time for this city to get over what its mayor Carolyn Goodman called its darkest day ever all right rob rattles thank you well its not its not just police who have nothing to say about why the attacker did this even paddocks brother is also at a loss castro reports from mosquitoes northeast of las vegas why would a retired american accountant with no known political or religious affiliations commit the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History the question has so far stumped investigators monday Morning Police combed through the primary home of sixty four year old Stephen Paddick in misc eat a Peaceful Community of retirees ninety minutes north of las vegas paddock own this house which police say he shared with his girlfriend who is currently traveling outside of the country neighbors say other than being a reckless he was rather ordinary knowing that its just a guy that. Look so normal and and you just walk down the street look and say hello to is capable of turning in and doing what he did last night is Unbelievable Police say patrick had no criminal record the f. B. I. Says paddick was not affiliated with any armed group as my brother was a member of the gunmans brother told reporters patrick was a wealthy Real Estate Investor and gambler who showed no signs of violence just nothing i mean its on the Public Record he did stuff we went to college he had a job. And you know we own some apartments we sold some apartment we i mean theres theres nothing there was no indication. Nothing thats what so. I mean i mean i cant even make something up theres just. Theres nothing. Nothing so far to give police a lead in to why this massacre happened heidi joe castro aljazeera muskeg nevada. Well bring in our social media producer anderson publicans yesterday you were telling us that right away people across the u. S. Had started debating gun control issues and were online yesterday and its only built since then were now seeing hundreds of thousands of tweets using one hash tag gun control now Quincy Johnson has the most popular post of the day where he actually pushes back on everyone using this hash tag saying the weapon used in the attack has been banned since one nine hundred eighty six more laws would not have stopped this he argues but there are some holes in this logic one authorities have not officially released details of the weapon the paddocks used in the attack two if it was an automatic weapon a machine gun they can legally be owned if made before one thousand nine hundred six thats when tighter gun laws were introduced so theres a lot of strings and paperwork attached but its still possible thats the point three you can also buy kits that effectively turn semiautomatic weapons into automatic weapons or give them rapid fire capabilities as you can see here they are illegal in some states but not in the vatican and there are there are are all sorts of how to and show off videos all over you tube now some of these modifications sell for as little as fifty dollars online lots of people want these kinds of sales to stop others are using the hash tag to push for legislation in their states and at the National Level the actor john fool saying says that these people arent exploiting a tragedy theyre trying to prevent the next one from happening but of course thats the job of politicians and so many of them who are so quick to offer their thoughts and prayers also accept thousands of dollars in Campaign Contributions from individuals and Political Action committees linked to the National Rifle association which is americas most powerful gun lobby thats one reason why the Jimmy Kimmels name has been trending on twitter as well the late night comedy show host had some harsh words for the n. R. A. You know what will happen will pray for las vegas some of us will get motivated some of us wont get motivated though bills will be written theyll be watered down the fail the n. R. A. Will smother it all with money and over time will get distracted will move on to the next thing and then it will happen again and again the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and speaker of the house paul ryan a number of other lawmakers who wont do anything about this because the n. R. A. Has their sort of money clip also sent their thoughts and their prayers today which is is good they should be praying they should be praying for god to forgive them for letting the gun lobby lobby run this country now the n. R. A. Has poured millions of dollars into campaigns of republican congressional candidates over the years they spent more than thirty Million Dollars to elect donald trump who has spoken out against tighter gun laws on twitter in particular many times over the past few years but last year he did call for people on the terrorist watch list or the no fly list to be prevented from buying guns nothing really happened with that meeting though and in two thousand and twelve he had a rare positive feedback for his predecessor barack obama after he delivered a speech calling for more gun control that was following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School so keep sharing your thoughts with us we always want to hear them and you can send us your questions throughout the show we will be sure to respond to them just use the hash tag its a newsgroup well those who support tighter gun control often point to the example of australia there in one thousand nine hundred ninety six a gunman killed thirty five people during a rampage in the popular tourist site of port arthur so in response australias government introduced significantly tougher gun laws and there hasnt been a firearm massacre sense emirates is professor Simon Chapman wrote a book on this and earlier we asked him if he thinks a similar government crackdown will ever happen in the u. S. Heres what he said. Regrettably no i dont think so many after we had the sandy hook massacre with twenty children tiny children shot in a Primary School and i read today that they had been there been two hundred seventy three mass killings in two hundred seventy five days in the United States and it is this is the Mass Shootings capital of the world there is no other country that comes close to what it will pay they do or die in a country and its because the power of the gun lobby and the aquas acquiescence of politicians who refuse to take a stand against many viewer comments coming to us here at our facebook feed on the newsgroup has seem asking why do their politicians the us politicians lack common sense of ordinary people be allowed to own and possess guns not in a trillion ways and sufi yano saying that i think its high time the u. S. Reconsiders their gun policies certainly that is the debate that is going on in the us as well as internationally even here on line well let us just show you this take a look at this this is the deadliest mass shooting in the u. S. Over the last two decades the Mass Shootings i should say and as you can see the latest one in las vegas is the most deadly. Do send us your comments or any questions that you may have wed like to hear from you you can use the hash tag a. J. Newsgroup and send them into any fun at one of our Online Platforms you can tweet us at aging list or on facebook at facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid you can also send us a whatsapp on plus a nine seven four five triple one one four nine and as always just a reminder that you can always use the hash tag a. J. News grid what well do now is bring in our guest in fact is the associate professor of law at the university of Detroit Mercy School of law joining us via skype from detroit michigan good to have you with us why is gun control such an issue in the u. S. All right apologies i think were having issues connecting to. Do and well try and get him back a little later on well move on and donald trump plans to travel to las vegas on wednesday thats after he flies to puerto rico to see for himself we have a caused by Hurricane Maria so hes on his way to the u. S. Territory right now and should land within the hour trump will be meeting with the scenes like this a country thats nowhere near being back on track since it was pummeled by. The storm wiped out the power grid there is little phone signal and fewer than half of Puerto Ricans have access to fresh water the pictures youre looking at is trump flying into puerto rico now trump will be keen to smooth over tensions between himself and local leaders who he were rated when they criticized the u. S. His response to the disaster well we live to san juan in a moment after a. J. Plus looks at the standoff so far. I dont have time. I dont talk i dont have time. I did my job not for you im worried about one thing saving like. We are dying here. Or not cannot fathom. The thought. That the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out logistics for a small island of one hundred miles by thirty five miles so may day we are in trouble. I am begging. Begging anyone that can hear us. To save us from the dying. If anybody out there is listening to us. We are dying. And you are killing us. Now lets go to san juan now and. We are expecting trying to land within the hour a what do we expect from his visit. Hell be on the ground for about five hours. Still got an initial briefing at the National Guard base where he then were told he will meet those affected by Hurricane Maria we dont know where that meeting will take place or who those people will be that he will meet that he will go to a chapel that he will get briefings on a u. S. Warship just off the coast with the put a ricoh in the millet and military officials but also the governor of the u. S. Virgin islands we should also remember that the u. S. Virgin islands were devastated by Hurricane Maria as well back to such an extent the white house felt he couldnt donald trump couldnt actually visit them theyll be some ceremonial thing with the military over here and then hell be off interestingly you would be the matter of sound yesterday we were reporting that the white house said that the man had been invited to talk to donald trump during this visit however the man has just given an interview to the independent where she says the first she heard about that was on twitter she didnt get any formal invitation as far as she was concerned im not sure whether thats changed yet she also said Something Else that was very interesting which is actually sort of a great deal of concern here in puerto rico that she was invited in the white house made much of this to listen to a briefing by the department of Homeland Security the white house suggesting that they are including local officials however she was told by text that she could be part of the Conference School but she was also told that she was not allowed to speak in that Conference Call this is part of that huge concern and. The ricoh but like the Austerity Program currently underway where everything is being sacrificed schools Pensions Health care is a big sacrifice in order to pay the debts to wall street hedge funds vulture capitalists and so on one purpose bought distressed bones of puerto rico because they knew they were going to get a return everything is being sacrificed for most of the program here and put a ricas as it is the relief effort will be run and very much a similar way no input from locals no input from elected officials and put a rico things run by washington things run by officials who put a rican is havent voted for and the priorities will not be those the rebuilding put a ricoh in a sustainable about it will be to pay off debts to wall street to privatized and to make more money for those not this archipelago and for this for puerto rico for the situation on the ground right now. What is it like. Well we got another long list of numbers from the governor has i mean they are being very careful not to give us regular updates as to how the relief efforts are underway so we have a bunch of numbers now. Three hundred twenty eight functional two hundred ninety five supermarkets now functional eight hundred fourteen petrol stations forty percent of the population now has access to telecommunications nine thousand three hundred people are in shelters eight hundred fifty five trucks are called at the port usually its about fourteen hundred we understand but those main main figures still fifty five percent of the population without access to Running Water ninety five percent not connected to the electrical grid here in san juan its very easy to forget sometimes that is a catastrophe on the way except for the lack of electricity that is however as the man himself said as soon as you use it you might think that the that the catastrophe is over the disaster is over all you have to do is leave san juan and that particular concerns about the interior the mountainous regions of puerto rico well actually were getting reports that they still havent been reached and its a bit confusing because we see blackhawk helicopters in the sky all the time a lot of questions are being asked why are these being used to bring aid and to reach some of these isolated communities without really getting great answers to those questions you have to leave it there for now we thank you for giving us that update from sun so as we know after puerto rico the president will be going to las vegas in the wake of the mass shooting attack we were just talking about a few moments ago and he said that soon the nation will be talking about gun control. And hes an associate professor of law at the university of detroit mercy joining us via skype from detroit thanks for sticking around so look the conversation. Is very much now about gun control its about the lobby and its about the n. R. A. So let me ask you to put this in some sort of context for us and tell us how much control or influence the n. R. A. Thats the National Rifle association has over policy and politics. Yeah the n. R. A. Is a very influential a very robust law be political faction Political