Watch a Tearful Jimmy Kimmel Call for Gun Safety in America After the Las Vegas Mass Shooting

There is no sense to be made of the mass shooting in Las Vegas that claimed 59 lives and injured hundreds more, but voice-of-reason Jimmy Kimmel has offered his thoughts.

Yesterday, gunman Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on the 22,000 attendees of an outdoor country music festival from his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

Paddock slaughtered at least 59 people and injured more than 500 other concert-goers, making this the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

(It overtakes the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando from June of 2016, where 50 people lost their lives.)

During this time, it’s important to be wary of the information being shared online about Paddock and the incident, especially as authorities have said there is not yet evidence of a motive or any link to international terrorism.

Nonetheless, Paddock—who reportedly killed himself as police attempted to storm his location—was found to be in possession of at least one machine gun and two further devices that upgrade semi-automatic guns to allow fully-automatic gunfire (meaning the trigger does not need to be individually pulled to fire another round; it just keeps rapidly firing for as long as the trigger is held down).

Many have begun calling on America to enact common sense gun safety regulations, often referring to Australia’s own successful "buy-back" program from the 1990s.

Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted. https://t.co/HWTxlsdwMN

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) October 2, 2017

However, recent history—and America’s seemingly never-ending spate of mass shootings—does not suggest even this tragedy will change much at all.

On his late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel—who has become a regular commentator on politics, due to his emphatic call for better healthcare in the U.S.—spoke about the shooting, which took place in his hometown.

"It’s the kind of thing that makes you want to throw up or give up; it’s too much to even process," he said through tears.

"I’ve been reading comments from people saying, ‘This is terrible, but there’s nothing we can do about it.’ But I disagree with that intensely, because of course there’s something we can do about it. There are a lot of things that we can do about it. But we don’t."

Over the course of his ten-minute monologue, he criticised President Donald Trump and the Republican lawmakers for their inaction ("because the NRA has their balls in a money clip").

"They should be praying," he added, in response to their Tweets offering "thoughts and prayers".

"They should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country."

Watch the whole thing below:

Photo: ABC