Unarmed Security Guard Took On Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock … LAS VEGAS — Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night.  —  Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door …

Republicans Open to Banning ‘Bump Stocks’ Used in Massacre  —  Top congressional Republicans, who have for decades resisted any legislative limits on guns, signaled on Wednesday that they would be open to banning the firearm accessory that the Las Vegas gunman used to transform his rifles to mimic automatic weapon fire.

Blood Pact With the N.R.A.  —  We are once again in the throes of a worn and increasingly fruitless post-massacre protocol that ritualizes our stages of grief and anesthetizes our expectations of action.  —  On Sunday night, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, taking a sniper's position on the32nd floor …

The Republican Party Isn't Cracking Up.  It's Getting Even Stronger.  —  Roy Moore and other Bannonite extremists won't doom the GOP.  —  Roy Moore's victory in Alabama's Republican primary last week puts him in position to become the state's next junior senator and also a major embarrassment to the GOP.