After reading the Aug. 3 report "Shooter who killed 58 in Las Vegas burned through cash, amassed guns before rampage," it's still unbelievable to me that one individual could make multiple purchases and accumulate dozens of assault style weapons, large capacity magazines and several hundred rounds of ammunition with no red flags going up. As horrific as this massacre was, just imagine how much worse it could be if shooter Stephen Paddock had been procuring this arsenal to arm a terrorist cell, putting dozens of weapons in the hands of dozens of terrorists at the same time.

-- John Kranda, Southwest Portland

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