Just as it is untrue that mass shooters only use assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, it is also patently false to claim that the US is the only nation where mass shootings occur. The five deadliest mass shootings in world history all took place outside of the US. So did eight of the ten deadliest. So did 33 of the 50 deadliest mass shootings in world history.
It should here be pointed out that an estimated 94% of mass shootings occurred in places (schools, churches, stores) where guns are banned. Banning assault rifles outright would only stop the 14% of mass shootings in which the gunman used such a weapon, and even fewer mass shooters use high-capacity magazines.
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In 1945 the United States began planning a massive assault on the Japanese home islands. Beginning on 1 November, an assault force of 14 U.S. Army and Marine divisions was designated to storm ashore on Kyushu, the southernmost of the home islands, in Operation Olympic.
The U.S. assault on Okinawa from April to June 1945 was to be the penultimate campaign of World War II, prelude to the final battle of the Japanese home islands. Many U.S. commanders believed that it would be a model for the invasion of Japan. The main island of the Ryukyu chain, Okinawa was only 350 miles southwest of Kyushu, within range of fighter aircraft based there. The island was Japanese territory, and the Okinawans were Japanese citizens, unlike the conquered peoples encountered in most previous Pacific assaults.
Thus, the natives fought with tenacity. At Okinawa the equivalent of fewer than three Japanese divisions, with no possibility of relief or victory, heavily pounded by U.S. aircraft and naval bombardment, had held out for more than 100 days against a larger U.S. ground force with massive close air support. Both sides suffered horrendous casualties. Even as the Battle for Okinawa was raging, evidence began to surface that the battle for the home islands would be even more savage.
The MAC-10 is unlocked at Rank 44. It costs $250,000. It pierces 1 zombie (2 with the AP rounds skill). Arguably one of the best weapons in the game, the MAC-10 has excellent damage (for a pistol), high mobility, unlimited ammo, a good clip size (100 with high-cap magazines), as well as a relatively quick reload. The MAC-10, however, is occasionally a letdown in the eyes of some players, due to it not being as powerful as an LMG, nor having the massive clip size of one, though it has infinite ammo, a much faster reload, and higher mobility than one. It is one of the last weapons unlocked (Rank 44). With a very high fire rate of 16 rounds per second, it outranks the Glock 20 and every single SMG (except the Minebea M-9 and ZCS Seizure). The rate of fire, damage, and pierce makes this weapon chew through crowds of swarmers and sprinters in seconds. Worth every dollar as a terrific sidearm. The MAC-10 has the same cost as the ARX160 and the M240 MAG, but is not as powerful as those guns.
Dr. Dre and ex-wife Nicole Young reached a massive divorce settlement Tuesday that will see Young walk away from their 24-year marriage with $100 million. Sources familiar with the settlement tell Rolling Stone that the two sides have finalized terms of their split, with the Death Row Records co-founder forking over more than one-fifth of his fortune and roughly half of his liquid assets. Young will be required to move out of their Malibu beach house by the end of the month but will keep a Rolls Royce, Range Rover, Escalade limousine, and Spyder motorcycle as well as all of her jewelry.
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Former UFC and mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor was arrested in France Saturday in response to accusations of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure, for which a complaint was filed on Sept. 10.
The attempted assault allegedly took place at a bar, according to TMZ, but no other details about the incident have been confirmed. McGregor is being held in custody on the island of Corsica, where he was vacationing, according to reporting from TMZ Sports.
So wrote William DuBose, the chaplain for the 2nd South Carolina, concerning the death of Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Gaillard at The Battle of the Wilderness. Franklin Gaillard, son of Thomas Gaillard, was born on April 26, 1829 on his fathers plantation near Pineville in what is now Berkeley County, South Carolina. Their French Huguenot ancestor had settled in South Carolina around 1685. With the soil depleted on the farm, in early childhood, his family moved to Alabama. He soon returned to the Palmetto State and lived with his uncle in Fairfield County. He attended the Mount Zion Academy in Winnsboro and like many of the officers of the 2nd South Carolina, he attended South Carolina College. Gaillard graduated with honors in 1849 as the class valedictorian. Almost immediately his friends and family from Alabama and South Carolina joined thousands of other Americans in heading west to California in search of gold. Like many of the 49ers, Gaillard did not strike it rich and he returned to his native state three years later. He began to put his life together in March of 1853 when he married the beautiful Catherine Cordes Porcher, a distant cousin. Three years later, she died leaving Franklin with two young children. Gaillard did not remarry and Catherines sister, Maria, helped raise the children. From 1853 until the outbreak of the Civil War, Gaillards strong states rights and secession views reached a large audience as editor of the Winnsboro Register and later the widely read Daily South Carolinian. His eloquent and opinionated writings were a potent force in shaping public sediment and rousing people to action. As the crisis mounted in Charleston Harbor in April of 1861, Gaillard enlisted as 2nd lieutenant in Company A, 2nd South Carolina Regiment. Unlike some, he proved as fearless and bold with the sword as he had been with the pen in helping to ignite the war. At the regimental re-organization in May of 1862, Gaillard was elected major. While descending Maryes Heights at Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, he was wounded slightly in the face and moments later more severely in the foot forcing him to seek medical attention. He returned from furlough in time to fight at Chancellorsville. On May 3rd, he commanded the skirmish line of Kershaws Brigade as it advanced toward the Chancellor House. A month later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. On the same day, the regiment departed Fredericksburg toward the eventual showdown in Pennsylvania. The summer weather caused some members of the unit to faint and drop out. On June 26th, a cloud came up. Gaillard thought the rain revived the men "like pouring water on wilted plants." While many Confederates thought that they should treat the local civilians as the Yankees had treated the Southerners, Gaillard believed that General Lee had acted properly in issuing very stringent orders not to disturb civilian property. However, Lee looked the other way when his men lived off the land. Gaillard admitted this and felt that we "will make them feel the war," but added "we must not imitate the Yankees in their mean acts." Like many, he commented on the Pennsylvania women. He observed the girls carrying little American flags while others held their noses and made faces. "It is funny to see the long sour faces," he wrote. Gaillard thought that "our army never was in better health and spirits" as they approached the little college town of Gettysburg. On July 2, 1863, as Kershaws Brigade moved across the Rose Farm a misunderstood order resulted in the 2nd South Carolina moving to the right when they were about to capture a Massachusetts battery. The Bay Staters regained their poise and opened a devastating fire upon the 2nd South Carolina. Gaillard survived the blast to write, "We were in ten minutes or less time, terribly butchered." I saw half a dozen at a time knocked up and flung to the ground like trifles. There were familiar forms and faces with parts of their heads shot away, legs shattered, arms tore of." The regiment took cover in some woods where General Woffords Georgia Brigade found them. The Georgians scooped up the Carolinians and routed four Yankee brigades in the Wheatfield as they advanced all the way to Little Round Top. Here, he noted, "the bullets literally came upon us as thick as hailstones." Colonel John Kennedy was struck and Gaillard took command. He wrote, "It is scarcely necessary to say we fell back." The regiment was devastated at Gettysburg losing 52% of their men including their colonel, major, adjutant and 70% of their captains. Gaillard was the only officer above company level rank and he noted that the remaining company officers "are all inexperienced and slow to assume authority." Gaillard was "more satisfied that ever that invasion is too hazardous for us." While the Northeners fought better on their own soil, Gaillard thought the defeat "was caused by their (Confederate generals) over confidence" and the battle destroyed the armys "unbounded confidence in General Lee." After a lengthy rest in Central Virginia, the South Carolinians accompanied James Longstreet Corps to Chickamauga where Gaillard commanded the regiment in Kennedys absence. If he filed a report on the battle it has been lost, however his October 5, 1863 letter serves almost as a well in giving the details of what happened to the regiment in that battle. His men were in the rear of Longstreets massive column that broke through a gap in the Union lines. Arriving in the front in the Dyer Field, Kershaws Brigade pivoted to the right to face two Union brigades on a ridge where the South Carolina Monument stands today. Kershaw detached Gaillards unit to head into some woods and follow a ravine that led to the Federal rear. Gaillard yelled to his men, "Let us get behind those fellows up there and capture them." The Yankees fled before the 2nd South Carolina got into position. Rejoining the brigade, the Carolinians climbed up the wooded slope of Snodgrass Hill. Artillery and the tremendous firepower of the 21st Ohios Colt repeating weapons stopped this advance. Richard Kirkland, the famous "Angel of Maryes Heights," was among those hit as the South Carolinians fell back. Despite the losses, Gaillard thought his regiment had been miraculously spared. The Yankees rushed down the hill after the Confederates, but the Southerners regrouped and revered the situation only to be again stopped once they reached the summit of the hill. After a brief lull, General Patton Andersons Mississippi Brigade arrived on Gaillards left and charged up the hill only to meet the same result. This time the Federals counterattacked down the slope threatening the left of Kershaws boys. Gaillard proudly boasted that his regiment "stood fast like a rock." The fighting went on until the Yankees withdraw under cover of darkness. Colonel Kennedy returned only to be wounded in the next battle near Knoxville. Gaillard again took command for the rest of the campaign in East Tennessee and during the winter. Longstreets Corps returned to Central Virginia in April where Kennedy joined them to assume command. In his last letter home written just two weeks before his death, Gaillard mentioned receiving a letter from his little daughter and that he was surprised and delighted to see her improvement in writing. Early on the morning of May 6, 1864, General Winfield Scott Hancocks Corps routed Confederate General A.P. Hills Corps along the Orange Plank Road. Longstreets men with the 2nd South Carolina in the lead hurried to the rescue. Gaillard rode next to his cousin, William DuBose. Gaillard spoke of hope that his life would be spared in the upcoming combat. Approaching the battlefield, the men emotionally shook hands and parted. Rushing into the Tapp Field on the left side of the Plank Road about 6:00 a.m., the 2nd South Carolina and some Virginia artillerists offered resistance until the rest of Longstreets men arrived to stabilize the situation. In assisting the halt of Hancocks massive assault at The Wilderness, Gaillards South Carolinians had performed perhaps their greatest service of the war. The regiment then crossed the road and advanced to a line of shallow earthworks. About 9:00 a.m., Gaillard mounted the earth mounds to obtain a clearer view of the enemy. Then he stepped back with his men when a bullet "sped on its fatal mission." Hit in the head, he lingered while the litter bearers carried him to the rear. DuBose came upon the scene near where they spoken several hours before, but Gaillard "was no longer capable of talking." Gaillard was buried on the field, but later reinterred in the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery in section 13, row 3, section 1. His superb letters were published by the family in 1941. There are typed copies at the South Caroliniana Library. 2ff7e9595c
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