Anniversary of Las Vegas massacre renews gun control debate

In the two years since the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, the federal government and states have tightened some gun regulations.

But advocates say they're frustrated that more hasn't been done since 58 people died at a concert on the Las Vegas Strip, and that mass shootings keep happening nationwide.

"People are genuinely afraid of going places," Nevada Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui said.

The Democratic lawmaker and her now-husband were among the 22,000 country music fans that fled as gunfire rained down from a high-rise hotel into an outdoor venue on Oct. 1, 2017. Neither was wounded.

"You cannot go to the grocery store. You cannot go to your place of worship. You can't even go to school and feel safe," said Jauregui, an advocate for gun control in Nevada.

"I think people are tired of that."
The Las Vegas shooting "really galvanised people who, not that they didn't feel a connection to gun violence survivors, but they just never thought it would be them and their community."