Author: Erin Elizabeth

An anonymous donor has stepped forward and donated $62,500 to make sure that the guns owned by Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock will be destroyed. According to an attorney for the court-appointed administrator handling the shooter’s estate, Paddock’s entire collection was appraised at a value of about $62,300. RELATED STORY: NBC: YouTube to change search to combat “Las Vegas conspiracy videos” and “conspiracy channels” However, before the guns can be destroyed a court needs to approve that action. Right now, the hearing is set for early March. If the destruction of the guns is approved by the judge, “the donor’s $62,500 would then go into Paddock’s estate and eventually be disbursed to the families of the 58 victims who were killed in the massacre.”1 (If the action is not approved, the money will be returned to the donor.) RELATED STORY: NBC: YouTube to change search to combat “Las Vegas conspiracy videos” and “conspiracy channels” The donor, who is said to be a San Francisco software executive, reportedly donated the money to “alleviate some of the pain”2 of the victims’ families (his only stipulation was that the guns be destroyed). “Mynda Smith’s sister, Neysa Tonks, was among those killed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. Though her family never wanted any money, Smith says, the donor’s contribution is welcome news. ‘For us, it really is emotional trauma to continually go...