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.

Las Vegas Gunman Chased Gambling's Payouts and Perks  —  LAS VEGAS — The video poker machines that Stephen Paddock liked were the ones that did not draw attention.  They had few look-at-me flashing lights or listen-to-me bells.  —  He would sit in front of them for hours, often wagering more than $100 a hand.

Amid Talk of Banning Bump Stocks for Guns, Retailers Are Selling Out of the Devices  —  Bump-fire stocks remain legal, but it is getting increasingly harder to find one to buy.  Scores of online retailers have sold out of the devices, which enable a semiautomatic weapon to mimic the functionality of a machine gun.

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 …

‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel's probe: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial …