Nevada
Nevada lawmakers respond to bump stock ruling; devices used in Las Vegas mass shooting
Accessory allowed shooter to fire 1,000 rounds in 11 minutes during 1 October
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada’s congressional delegation and state leaders responded Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a gun accessory restricted following the 1 October shooting.
The majority of the high court found Congress, not the executive branch, has the authority to ban bump stocks. In 2019, the Trump Administration banned the devices through regulatory means by defining them as machinegun components. Bump stocks remain illegal under Nevada state law.
Stephen Paddock killed 58 people attending the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1, 2017 — an event now known in Las Vegas as 1 October. Two subsequent deaths have since been added to the total, now 60. Bump stocks allowed Paddock to fire more than 1,000 rounds in 11 minutes, officials said.
In the wake of the shooting, southern Nevada’s congressional delegation pushed Congress to pass a ban. Specifically, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, whose district encompasses the Las Vegas Strip, has pushed for passage of a federal ban.
“What a travesty this court is,” Titus said in a video posted outside the Supreme Court. “The American public knows we don’t need weapons of war on our streets so now let’s pass my BUMP stock bill and take care of this problem.”
“Bump stocks like the one used in the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival massacre in Las Vegas that left 60 people dead and hundreds more injured have no place on our streets,” Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said “I am extremely disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Trump’s 2019 regulation. Now, I’m calling on Congress to urgently pass my commonsense legislation to save lives by permanently prohibiting these devastating devices.”
“I’m outraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks, which were used in the 1 October shooting – making it the deadliest in U.S. history,” Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen said. “For years, this ban has been a common-sense, bipartisan approach to keeping communities safer and this shameful decision will put more lives at risk. It’s more important than ever for Congress to come together in a bipartisan way and pass legislation to permanently ban bump stocks.”
“Once again, Donald Trump’s handpicked Supreme Court has put the interests of corporations, in this case the gun lobby, over the lives of everyday Americans,” Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford said. “October 1, 2017 was a traumatic day for the Las Vegas community and a seminal moment for our nation. Sadly, on this day, the largest mass shooting event in our country occurred at the hand of a shooter and their use of bump stocks – killing sixty people and injuring 867 survivors who are still dealing with the lingering effects to this day. Today, the Supreme Court sided with violent criminals and against our right to live free from gun violence in our communities. This must not stand. It’s why I voted to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which is now law, co-sponsored legislation to end bump stocks and authored the Break the Cycle of Violence Act to stop crime before it starts, save lives and break the cycle of violence in all of our communities.”
“The ban on bump stocks was a direct consequence of the Oct. 1 shooting, which caused so much pain and sadness in our community,” Democratic Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said. “Las Vegans and Nevadans saw firsthand the carnage these devices can cause, and it saddens me that such violence was not enough for six of the justices sitting on the court. The decision today is the most recent example of a court that has abdicated its responsibility to the American public. The court would rather, it seems, take an ideological stance and ignore the blood in our streets than allow such common-sense regulation as a bump stock ban to take effect. I am saddened by today’s decision, and I am calling on Congress to act quickly to reinstate a bump stock ban through legislative efforts.”
There were more than 500,000 bump stocks in circulation when the 2019 regulation went into effect, according to the Associated Press.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Clark County asks consumers to ”not panic buy at the pump.”
After messages from Clark County saying the fires in California were potentially affecting the fuel lines servicing Southern Nevada, the County is advising the public to not run out and buy gas for their cars.
The gas line from California to Nevada will re-start and be operational by Friday.
Message from Clark County:
“In working with California, a solution has been put in place which will power the Kinder Morgan fuel line into southern Nevada and fuel should start to flow into the valley in the next 12-24 hours. Clark County Office of Emergency Management remains engaged on this issue with regional and state partners. The public is encouraged to not panic buy at the pump.”
FOX5 will have a full report on the gas line running from California to Nevada at 10 and 11 p.m.
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Nevada
Missing Southfield girl might be in Nevada with man who just found out he’s her father, police say
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A 4-year-old Southfield girl who has been missing for two months might be in Nevada with a man who just found out he’s her father, police said.
Bali Packer was picked up by her biological father, Juwon Madison, on Nov. 10, 2024, and has not been returned to her mother, Timeah Wright-Smith.
Packer was last seen wearing a blue PJ mask shirt, pink hat, pink leggings, and pink boots.
Madison is not listed on Packer’s birth certificate, and no court order in place states he has any parenting time.
He recently discovered that he may have been the father of Packer prior to picking her up with her mother’s permission, who is the sole guardian of the 4-year-old girl.
Madison is believed to have left Michigan and went down to Nevada.
Wright-Smith does not believe Packer is in any danger.
| Bali Packer | Details |
|---|---|
| Eyes | Brown |
| Age | 4 |
| Height | 3′3″ |
| Hair | Brown |
| Weight | 3 pounds |
Anyone with information should contact the Southfield Police Department at 248-796-550 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak Up.
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Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path could mean a death sentence.
Along a 34-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 93 near Coyote Springs, fencing and underground tortoise crossings will allow for more safe passage.
“We see substantial road mortality and near-misses in this area,” said Kristi Holcomb, Southern Nevada biological supervisor at the Nevada Department of Transportation. “By adding the fencing, we’ll be able to stop the bleed.”
The federal Department of Transportation awarded Nevada’s transportation agency a $16.8 million grant to build 61 wildlife crossings and 68 miles of fencing along the highway. Clark and Lincoln counties, as well as private companies such as the Coyote Springs Investment group, will fund the project in total.
Under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government listed Mojave desert tortoises as threatened in 1990. The project area includes the last unfenced portion of what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers to be the desert tortoise’s “critical habitat.”
In Clark County, some keep desert tortoises as pets, adoptions for which are only authorized through one Nevada nonprofit, the Tortoise Group. Environmentalists in the area have long worried that sprawling solar projects may have an adverse effect on tortoise populations. As many as 1,000 tortoises per square mile inhabited the Mojave Desert before urban development, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
Crossings prevent inbreeding
One major reason that connecting critical habitat across a highway is paramount is to prevent inbreeding, Holcomb said.
“When you build a highway down the middle of a desert tortoise population, they become shy about crossing the highway,” Holcomb said. “By installing tortoise fences, we’ll give the tortoise population a chance to recover.”
Desert tortoises tend to walk parallel to the fences, which will lead them to the crossings they need to go to the other side. Promoting genetic diversity is one way different tortoise populations can be stabilized, Holcomb said.
The Nevada Department of Transportation doesn’t have a set timeline, and the project will need to go through an expedited federal review process to ensure full consideration of environmental effects.
“Be mindful, not only of tortoises that might be on the roadway, but also of our impacts on tortoises,” Holcomb added.
Contact Alan Halaly at ahalaly@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlanHalaly on X.
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