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I'm John Pajor, it's the editor of commentary magazine today is Monday, October 2, 2017,

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With me as always, senior editor Abe Greenwald, hi Abe, hi John and associate editor Noah

Rothman, hi Noah, hi John.

We gather on a terrible day in the United States following the worst mass shooting in this

country's history in Las Vegas.

I don't need to rehearse the details for you more than 50 dead 400 at area hospitals around

Las Vegas shooting from a 30 second story window onto a country music outdoor festival

from the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

The apparent shooter is dead by his own hand 66 year old resident of Mesquite Nevada who

does not excuse me Nevada who does not appear to have much of a criminal record.

So we there are two things that are raised by such events.

One is what if anything they say about our culture and the other is what political measures

can should will or should not be taken in the wake of such a disastrous, horrible evil

event.

So Abe let me start by asking you these mass shootings of which there are now I think

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