ー 0 VEGAS WITH し OV き FROM ORLANDO BY RICARDO 」 . NEGRON-ALMODOVAR Dear Las Vegas, You now belong tO a club where membership is unwanted. The eyes Ofthe world are upon you, but not because ofyour shining spectacles Of lights and entertainment; no, the reason is fartoo bleak. Your sister cities, fellow members Of the unsolicited club, know what you are going through. We see you. We feelfor you. We are here foryou. Many will come tO your aid in this desperate time Of need. You will experience insurmountable amounts OfIove and strength tO push on. Many will 引 so come forthe show, and once deadlines are met and assignments completed, they will go on tO the next Story. Butforyou, this is not a scene that ends when the cameras roll out. Building communitywill be the keytO your healing process. Debates will ignite. Theories will be rebutted. Division will come tO make its claim. Butyou mustn'twaiver,. You are tougherthan this and you have tO focus—right now—on providing ways SO that those whO have been directly affected find their road tO recovery. You will be overwhelmed, but please be patient. SO many needs will arise, and not everyone will be readyto deal with their own personal situations at once, which is whythere must be a system in place not only tO address the initial situation but 引 SO forthe long run.lt is imperative that no one falls through the cracks in these moments of hardship that have now become far t00 common. Barely overa yearago, the OrIando community suffered from the worst crime in American history againstthe LGBTQ + and Latinx community. We suffered, yes. But we a 0 organized, and we let the world know that united we were stronger. We willjoin you through the darkness, and we will stand with you 訓 the way. Negron-Almodovaris a survivor Ofthe Pulse nightclub tragedywho works tO create safe spaces for the LGBTQ + and Latinx community in CentraI FIorida So why are measures like closing background-check loophole s and limit- ing high-c 叩 acity magazines not already law? lt's partly because a small but ⅲ - tense group Of gun-rights advocates op- pose them. A paltry 3 % 0f households own half of all 0f the guns in America, and they vote. lt is they wh0 argue most vocally that if existing gun-control laws can't stop mass shootings, why would new laws be any better? Change might make people feel good, this argument goes, but it wouldn't protect Americans. "Short ofa total ban on firearms, nothing being suggested would have st0Pljed this kind 0f shooting," says Dudley Brown, president Ofthe National Association for Gun Rights, ofthe Vegas massacre. ln one sense, history supports that argument. ln 2004 , Bill Clinton's ban on semiautomatic rifles, known as assault weapons, expired. But rather than spiking back up, the rate 0f gun homicides con- tinued to drop. From 1993 t0 2014 , that rate declined from seven firearm-related homicides per 100 , 000 Americans tO half that, according tO the Centers for Disease Control and prevention. Gun-rights ad- vocates used that as an example Of gun- control laws not working. ln truth, Clin- ton's "ban ” was so んⅡ ofloopholes no one believed it had been responsible for much ofthe decline in firearm-related deaths in the first place. But it is less logic than political fear that has thwarted the passage 0f even modest gun-control measures. AS the NRA and like-minded groups have be- come expert at harnessing a relatively small group 0f uncompromising gun- rights advocates, politicians fear being targeted in their next election. The com- bination Of money and motivation has been powerful. SO fierce was the NRA's opposition t0 Hillary Clinton lastyear that 1 in 8 ads on the air in OhiO was on guns; that ratio was 1 in 9 in North Carolina. Trump won bOth states. "The source Of the NRA's power is not simply money, says Adam Winkler, a law professor at UCLA and author of Gunfight: The Bat- tle Over the Right tO BearArms inAmenca. "The NRA's power comes from the ability tO swing voters in tight, close elections. There are a 10t Of single-issue, pro-gun voters out there that listen tO the NRNs recommendation. ” And, in the space Of gun-rights groups, the NRA is considered one Of the more moderate voices. That power opened the door t0 ex- pand gun rights on the state level. After 2004 , while advocates for limits on guns atte mpted t0 fight their way back on a federal assault-weapons bans, gun- rights groups were pushing t0 unravel restrictions elsewhere. At the state level, concealed-carry laws were loosened or abolished at a rapid clip. Many states started accepting the gun-license stan- dards oftheir counterparts, Often regard- less 0f whether they were more lax than their own. ln Nevada, 38 % 0f adults own guns, private gun sales are legal, and there are no state regulations limiting magazine c 叩 acity. Even on the federal level, where there appeared t0 be a political stalemate, gun- rights advocates found ways tO make progress on the margins. ln 2010 , a gun- parts manufacturer asked the Bureau Of AlcohoI, T0bacco, Firearms and Exp10- sives (ATF) for permission tO market a "bump stock ” that when fitted tO a semi- automatic weapon would allow the single- fire device tO unleash a constant barrage ofbullets. While the sale and ownership Of machine guns have been strictly con- trolled since the 1930S and such we 叩 ons are very rare among civilians, the com- pany argued their device would benefit handicapped gun enthusiasts, and the ATF assented. Right up until Vegas , gun-rights ad- vocates were trying tO advance laws loosening gun restrictions through the Republican-led Congress. Buried in the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, which was 'The NRA's power 00m05 曾 om the ability t0 swing 0te ー 9 ⅲ tight, 可 05e 可 00ti0 53 ADAM WINKLER,law professor at UCLA

TELEVISION Sedgwick as a tormented hard-ass "I HAVE A REALLY HARD time relaxing my mind; ” TV producerJane Sadler (Kyra S edgwick) tells her young daughter Lake (AbigaiI Pniowsky) in ABC's new crime drama Te れ Days ⅲ the 〃 She's not kidding— the moment is a briefmutual confession between mother and child beforeJane heads tO her writer's shed for a session fueled by both uppers and downers. Somewhere in the haze, Lake goes missing. Jane, trying t0 get ahead 0f the situation, lies tO the cops. Dissembling comes tOO easily tO Jane, a character WhO we learn early on iS battle-hardened by divorce and HoIIywood. Both help explain why she doesn't initially take her daughter's dis 叩 pearance with the appropriate gravity; she assumes her ex-husband ( Kick Gurry) took Lake and—even as the mystery proves less easily cracked than she'd hoped—she can't let her reserve fall in front of her cast and crew. Sedgwick, an Emmy wmner for police procedural The Closer, is as tough as ever here, giving the audience few inherently sympathetic traits. That makes her all the more compellingly real, especially for a network drama—a genre that's retreated further into safety in the cable and streaming eras. Jane allow herselfto slow down, despite the warning signs ・ Her relentlessness endangers her case and makes for taut and tart viewing. ー D. D. TEN DAYS 粮 THEVALLEY airs on ABCon Sundays at 10P. m. E.T. Will & Grace ignores the 2006 五れ e to bring the gang backtogether Will & Grace hasn't changed m 収 c . And that's just fine THE FIRST THING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW WiII & Grace is that they've updated the theme song. Presumably you'll be more curious about, say, how the show's signature rat- a-tat comic timing hOlds up after more than a decade offthe air. Or how it explains away a finale that would make the show's current existence as an ensemble comedy impossible. But really, the music says it all. The show replaces the song's already- way-too-much Liberace-esque, pounding piano chords with a Jazzy orchestra. The aim is tO make it sound bigger and more spectacular, but the result is a little O 圧 When we le 代 Will and Grace (Eric McCormack and Debra Messing) in 2006 , they were on the verge Of spending 18 years apart, explained ⅲ a flash-forward showing them married and dropping offtheir kids at the same college. The new Ⅳ卍 & Grace takes an industrial-size eraser tO all that, declaring that the kids—a long-held dream that consumed seemingly seasons' worth ofplot—were just a vision that pill-addicted Karen (Megan Mullally) had. The spouses? They were real, but both marriages ended in divorce. Will and Grace are free tO frolic. But bOth characters, unmoored from their histories, seem frantic ⅲ their pitching ofhit-or-miss punch lines. Some Ofthe humor is tired in comforting ways. Karen andJack (Sean Hayes), two OfTV's most ingenious supporting characters, sparkle with all their 01d wit. And it doesn't seem like a net loss tO have four queer or queer-ally characters on network TV these days. So forget the horrid theme song. The tune that runs through my mind is a gay club hit from 1999 , just after the show first premiered: "lt's N0t Right but lt's Okay. ”—DANIEL D'ADDARIO WILL & GRACE airs on NBC on Thursdays at 9 p. m. E.T. TELEVISION な 1 第” VIRAL PRIME TIME The Wi 〃 & Grace reboot seemed inevitable once an el ecti on-pegged YouTubevideo featuring the cast became a viral hit. は proved that these characters were missed. 49

THE CASE FOR SUPPRESSOR TECHNOLOGY much more important tO Trump s base: government power VS. rights. Many 0f the most fervent gun- rights advocates are also furious that the Government—Big G—makes them buy health coverage or pay a fine or pay taxes that underwrite large federal programs. TO many Of those voters, unfettered access tO guns is a gesture Of prote st that mirrors the nation's anxiety about the next century—one where many Americ ans may think Of their firearms as a defense against change. BUT THAT'S NOT what Stephen Paddock was about, at least as far as anyone has been able to determine so far. Wealthy and white, he was an accountant and real estate investor with no apparent criminal record and no history 0f mental illness, according t0 his family. He lived in a re- tirement community in Mesquite, Nev. , about 90 miles northeast 0fLas Vegas, SO fresh that it appears to have been built yesterday. The manicured golf course at sun City Mesquite iS an oasis ofgreen in the surrounding desert. The parking lot by the rec center is filled with Jeeps and Kias. Neighbors say paddock—who lived with his girlfriend, a high-limit casino hostess who hailed from the Philippines but had Australian citizenship—mostly kept t0 himself. According t0 his younger brother Eric, Paddock liked cruises and Mexican food and taking trips t0 Vegas tO play high-stakes video poker. He mailed cookie s t0 his elderly mother in Florida. what we do know is that Paddock planned his mass murder meticulously. AII of Paddock's 47 guns—recovered by law-enforcement offlcials from his hotel suite, his home in Mesquite and another ⅲ Reno—appear t0 have been legally purchased across four states. After arriV- ing at the Mandalay Bay on Sept. 28 , he set about building his bunker. Over the course of three days, he ferried 23 guns, the hallway to give him a warning when two tripods and hundreds of rounds 0f police approached. As law enforcement ammunition up tO hiS room, one or tWO closed in, he put a handgun ⅲ his mouth bags at a time. Be10W, ⅲ his car, he had and pulled a trigger for the last time. bags ofammonium nitrate, which can be The ease with which Paddock evaded used to make a powerful explosive. As a security is a reminder OfbOth hOW hard it high roller, he may have had his pick 0f is tO stop a determined killer whO hasn't the unclaimed rooms, free ofcharge. The set Off alarms in advance. Casinos have elevators to his car bypassed the lobby. cameras everywhere, and Off ℃ ialS are NO one bothered him until his massa- now reviewing hours Of surveillance fOOt- cre was in progress. He knew they were coming; he had rigged video cameras in age tO see hOW he spent his weekend in a BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFF DUNCAN What happened that fateful Sunday evening in Las Vegas is beyond words. Ⅲ the days immediately following the shooting, lintentionally avoided saying much, not because ー didn't have opinions, but because lfeelthat we as a society are Often t00 quick tO politicize a situation. The days after the shooting should have been spent grieving, coming together and looking for answers. UnfortunateIy that's not what happened, and now lfeel compelled tO correct the record on some Of the over-the-top rhetoric. As the Washington POSt's Fact Checker unit confirmed in 2015 , practically none Of the then existing legislation made a difference in recent attacks. That is particularly true when it comes tO the 代 ' s attacks on my sportsmen's legislation (the SHARE Act), which among many Other things reclassifies gun suppressors. Even though at the time Of this writing, no suppressor has been found in the possession Ofthe Las Vegas shooter, suppressors on weapons firing full-automatic, even simulated as in thiS most recent case, can cause significant challenges forthe shooter, Often making them unfeasible. The truth is that the only place a suppressoris silent is on a HOllywood soundstage. Hearing IOSS begins at 85 decibels (dB). A roaringfootball stadium is around 100 dB, ajackhammer is about 130 dB, a suppressed firearm around 130 dB and an unsuppressed hunting riflearound 155dBt0 160dB. l'm not aware ofanyone WhO would consider ajackhammerto be silent. TO suggest otherwise is nothing more than political posturing. Suppressors are usefultools for protecting the hearing Of recreational shooters, hunters and theirdogs, whO Often can't use traditional hearing protection due tO the nature oftheir activity. げ mylegislation were tO become law, suppressors would actually be more regulated than they currently are in Europe. We need tO stick tO the facts. Duncan iS a Republican congressman ″ om South Carolina 0

allegiance t0 ruling-party agendas. " her vegetarian food, saying she must Journalists have been labeled have COOked it in pots used for meat. presstitutes ” by BJP offcials, and While watching lndia play Pakistan at have received threats ofrape and death cricket, her friends tell her she must, 丘 om party supporters. ln late April, as a Muslim, be supporting Pakistan. Reporters Without Borders dropped Another friend told her to cancel a cab lndia three places to 136th ⅲ its annual When the driver's name revealed him tO World Press Freedom lndex. On Sept. 5 be MusIim. "We've been feeling that over the Bangalore-based journalist Gauri the last three tO four years the situation Lankesh, a vocal critic ofHindu nation- has been gettingworse; we are tOld that alism, was killed by three gunmen while we don't belong here , ” says Dastango. entering her home. Meenakshi Gan- "NO one used tO say this so openly. NOW guly, the South Asia director for the it's become one's right tO beat someone New York—bas ed organization Human who is named Fouzia [ or] Arman. Rights Watch recently wrote that the open declaration 0f vigilantism by BJP MODI MET with Muslim leaders in affliates or supporters is a sad and ter- May t0 say the BJP was not behind the rifying prospect for an lndia that wants violence. "We treat all communities tO appeal tO foreign investors as a safe equally. We don't believe in any preJu- society that adheres to the rule oflaw. ” dice on the basis ofreligion or caste, the Prime Minister said, according tO a cleric whO spoke tO the Hindustan RATHER THAN MOVING FORWARD, lndia seems to be sliding backto old Times. And after the death ofteenager communal and cultural hatreds. The Khan, Modi said publicly: "KiIIing peo- most horrific manifestation Of such ha- ple in the name Of protecting cows is treds was during the subcontinent's par- not acceptable ... Violence never has tition in 1947 intO Hindu-maJority lndia and never will solve any problem. ” But and Muslim-majority Pakistan. Up to the Prime Minister did not comme nt 2 million people died during the rupture on the assassination ofLankesh, and ofthe British Raj intO these two main na- his critics say he is not dOing enough tions. Partly tO mark the 70 th anniver- tO stem the hate. ln particular they cite a Muslim musician who has performed sary 0fPartition, partly t0 spotlight the his 叩 pointment 0fAdityanath t0 lead at a NOt in My Name rally: "There is a current religious violence, Dehlvi, the Uttar Pradesh. Adityanath has a his- sense Offear among Muslims. ' musician, is partnering with oral story- tory 0f making public speeche s against Contemporary lndia was not sup- teller Fouzia Dastango in a public stag- Muslims, saying in 2014 , "lfthe other posed to be this way. When Modi came ing 0f a well-known tale refle cting the side does not stay in peace, we will tO power, he propagated a vision Ofa savage aspect ofPartition. At a rehearsal, teach them hOW tO stay in peace. We modernizing, tech-savvy, globally ori- as Dehlvi plays his harmonium, Fou- will teach them in the language that ented nation on the move. lnstead the Zia widens her eyes and launches intO they understand. ” A year later he told a crowd: "lf given a chance, we will install economy, once the world's fastest- the gory story Ofan ice-cream vendor growing, recorded the lowest GDP statues Of [Hindu deities] Gauri, Ganesh who is stabbed and left to die beneath growth rate ⅲ three years for the April- his cart, which drips cold water on the and Nandi in every mosque. t0-June quarter. And lndia's de mocracy, While that hasn't happened, Muslims blood, congealing it. After the man is are intimidated. At Al-Saqib the work- the world's biggest, is provmg illiberal ⅲ taken away, a small child sees the blood parts. Journalists, writers and academ- and tells his mother, his mouth watering, ers operate in silence, their heads down. ics have faced hostility and abuse from After the plant's monthlong closure ⅲ "L00k,jelly! ” Says Dehlvi: "ln a sense, the BJP base when they have criticized Partition is still ongoing. This deep sense March, they fear another suspension or ofembedded hatred—it's seeped down even a ban. Akhlaq, the owner's son, says the party or spoken in favor ofsecular- another slaughterhouse was recently ism, WhiCh iS enshrined in lndia's consti- intO my generation. ordered tO stop operating because one Of tution. ln 2015 more than 40 top lndian Though Dastango doesn't wear a its security cameras was broken. Still, he hiJab or anything that identifies her as authors began returning prestigious Muslim, she s ays she has encountered remains defiant. "They need something state awards tO protest what they saw t0 shut us down; ” says Akhlaq. "Now that as a l'lse in Hindu nationalism encour- daily instances Of prej udice —micro- we're aware they're looking for things, aged by the government. The same year, aggressions 仕 01n even her educated, we don't give them chances. " For now, 200 academics issued aJOint statement cosmopolitan friends that make however, Muslims and many Other cit- that read: "Centres and institutions Of her feel unwelcome in lndia. At the izens are on the lOSing end oflndia's universitywhere She once lectured, higher learning are being handed over Hindu colleagues refused t0 share deadly culture wars. to those who qualify only through their 4 ロ 13