Monday October 2nd

As Bunny was leaving this morning at 8 am Nice time it was 11 pm in Las Vegas.  The news was “an active shooter in Las Vegas”.  I walked to the Carrefour for groceries and got back at 1 pm or 4 am Las Vegas time to listen to the news report 50 dead and 200 injured in a shooting.

As the news progressed on Skynews (a European based news source) the convesation quickly changed to why the US allows people to have “War weapons”  It continued through out the convesations all day as to why the US is in the grip of the NRA and allowing weapons like this in the hands of private citizens.  Meanwhile CNN and MSNBC had NO conversations about the fact that the shooter was able to own a weapon of with this Massive killing power.

Whether you agree with the fact that the US allows people to own these weapons.  Its very interesting that there isnt any debate on the news channels here in the US.  Is ti that they are afraid to “politicize” the event for fear of a backlash from the NRA or other factions.  Not sure why ….

On another note I had both CNN and Skynews going at the same time.  It was amazing how much better the news reporting was by Skynews.  They seemed to have a better handle on what was happening vs the US news orginizations.  It was weird.

I didnt want to get political on this entry just wanted to make an observation from the other side of the world on events in the US….

This is a Sad day and Tragic Events …