The US rejects gun control because many people cling to a few foolish myths.

What the article doesn't say is that this is no accident. The myths have existed for a long time, but they didn't have such fervent believers 50 years ago. The NRA pumps up these myths with public relations campaigns.

One of these myths that people with guns can stop a massacre. The noteworthy thing about the guitarist in whose concert the Las Vegas massacre occurred is that his crew had guns because they believed this myth, and now he knows it is false.