After A Vow To End 'This American Carnage,' A Year Of Deadly Violence
President Trump took office in January vowing in a dark-toned inaugural to end what he described as "this American carnage" fueled by gangs, drugs and street violence.
America did see historic carnage in 2017, but critics say it had far less to do with gangs and drugs than disturbed individuals with easy access to firearms.
In October, this year saw the deadliest mass shooting by an individual in modern U.S. history. A gunman holed up in a suite at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas, rained gunfire on attendees of a country music concert across from the hotel. The attack left 58 people dead and injured more than 500 others.
It's still a to investigators what sparked the gunman's carefully planned assault. Many of those are struggling with the aftermath. "What bothers me more than the motive, or lack of motive, is lack of information," survivor Melissa Barham recently told . "Whenever we get a little tidbit of something we just jump on because we just have a desire to know."
