He also bought 33 guns in the last 12 months, the majority of which were rifles.
According to USA Today, apparently multiple rifle purchases do not have to be reported to the ATF, unlike multiple handgun purchases (you're more than welcome to fact check that for me). I find it interesting you kind of glossed over this point.
Perhaps if we had some way of knowing that a person was buying so many weapons, we could more closely monitor such an individual and discover they're also buying large amount of chemicals which are used in making explosives. And then maybe, maybe, we could have a better idea if this person plans to commit an evil act.
Would it have helped in this specific circumstance? Maybe, maybe not. I believe I read some place he paid cash for a large chunk of his expenditures...but maybe the next person wouldn't. Maybe we can stop the next person.
Would that be so bad?
Cool. So?
I'm pretty certain we're not trying to keep Stephen Paddock from killing any more people. I believe the goal is to minimize the ability of future persons to kill people.
Will we ever have a society where one person doesn't kill another with some weapon? Of course not. But, perhaps, in the meantime we can find a way to minimize the risk.
It depends what you do, I suppose. If you begin screeching and shilling like you are wont to do, then I'll probably either screech and shill about how you just want to see innocent people die and want to pray at the altar of the almighty gun, no matter how many children have to die for your religion. Or I'll leave the thread (most likely) and let you say all the stupid things you want to say.
If, however, you'd like to have a reasonable discussion about how increased gun control isn't about stopping or preventing any and all shootings, but rather to lessen the risk and minimize the damage of future shootings, if you'd like to provide the ways you think we could do a better job of keeping dangerous people from hurting innocents, then I'll be more than happy to have that conversation with you.
Which path would you like to take?