641:"On Senate Floor, Reid Invokes Las Vegas Courthouse Shooting While Discussing Gun Violence: "The right to bear arms must be balanced with the right of all the little boys and girls in this country… to grow up safe from the threat of gun violence.": "Requiring a simple background check every time a gun is sold is just common sense.": "I hope Republicans will stop trying to shut down debate, and start engaging on the tough issues we were sent to Washington to tackle.""
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under his username, "NickyFlips". Several gunshots can be heard in the video, but the shooting itself was not visible. Hours after the shooting, some local television stations falsely reported multiple gunmen were still at large, leading to the evacuations of several commercial areas surrounding the
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from underneath his black coat and started firing indiscriminately from outside the security areas where visitors pass through metal detectors and x-ray machines. Seven federal marshals returned fire and chased the shooter from the courthouse. As he fled, Wicks was shot in the head and died on the
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