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Bourbon St. last night. According to witnesses, it was intentionally set alight during an argument. Surprised it's not all over the news.

https://imgur.com/gallery/TJwTG

Also, fuck Tony's.

We need sweeping and immediate gun reform, but an assault weapon ban is possibly the worst way to go about it.

Prior to the Orlando tragedy, the most effective (though I hesitate to use that term) mass shooter in US history was the VA gunman, who used 2 semi-automatic pistols, and carried extra magazines in his backpack. There was no uproar to ban handguns in the aftermath, despite the fact that sidearms kill VASTLY more people per year than rifles like the AR-15.

Over the years 2007-2011 (latest numbers I could find), rifles of all types accounted for 2.7% of all homicides. Handguns accounted for 48%. https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tabl

I had some time to kill this morning, so I made a google map of GSK/EAR/ONS attacks. I'm sure I'm not the first, but hopefully this helps someone visualize the swath of terror this maniac created.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=10LD67-5FrIJzWEee08kcD0tZ71A&usp=sharing