Russell Brand slams gun violence after Vegas shooting

Russell Brand has slammed the United States and the constant gun violence after the latest deadly mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas.

In a new video shared on Facebook, the 42-year-old said the violence has become "normalised" after local Vegas man Stephen Craig Paddock opened fire on the festival that left 59 people dead and more than 500 injured. Watch Russell's talk above.

"It’s interesting that America’s ideas about freedom to purchase arms continues to hold the imagination so strongly even after Sandy Hook," Russell said in the clip, adding that he was currently in the US and watched it unfold on TV.

"It’s sort of tragic that as I’m looking at this, I’m not thinking, 'What?! Fifty people have died?!' Instead, it’s like 'one of those things has happened.' It is already normalised by virtue of the fact it happens a lot."

The actor and comedian went on, questioning what is leading to this kind of violence in the first place.

“What is it that’s bubbling up from under the surface in the form of violence of this kind? I would argue that it’s extreme unhappiness, extreme darkness, an unaddressed darkness," he added.

"This social phenomena occurring this regularly and our ability to see it as kind of normal is an indication that we need to address the root cause, and the root cause is always the consciousness of human beings on an individual and social level. This won’t stop happening unless we change our mentality."

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Currently in the US to promote his new book Recovery, Russell cancelled an TV appearance on US Today Show in the wake of the shootings.

On Sunday night Stephen Craig Paddock left the world and his family in shock after the 64-year-old sowed terror on the Vegas strip, killing dozens and injuring a further 527 people at the country music festival.

Concertgoers never stood a chance when Paddock perched himself out the window of the 32nd floor inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel with at least ten high powered weapons at his disposal.

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