Las Vegas killer gun-obsessed and weapon rights defender

The man who shot and killed more 59 people in the largest mass murder in American history has been described as a fervent defender of the constitutional right to bear arms.

Australian man Adam Le Fevre was in a relationship with the sister of Marilou Danley – the partner of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock, who killed 59 people and wounded hundreds more in a massacre on Sunday.

He told 9News he went to Las Vegas with Paddock, 64, two years ago and had travelled to the Philippines with him twice. 

He told 9News went to Las Vegas with Paddock (pictured) two years ago and had travelled to the Philippines with him twice

Mr Le Fevre was in a relationship with the sister of Marilou Danley (pictured) – the partner of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock

‘It is a very chilling thought to know that the person that is at the centre of the world’s largest story at the moment was somebody that I knew, somebody that I was welcomed into their home, into their family, into their life.’

Mr Le Fevre said Paddock had a room full of guns in his home at Mesquite, Nevada, and was a stringent defender of the second amendment to the United States constitution.

Mr Le Fevre said Paddock had a room full of guns in his home at Mesquite, Nevada (pictured)

Paddock killed 59 people and injured hundreds more in a shooting from a Mandalay Bay hotel room

The hotel room (pictured) was full of guns and ammunition when entered by authorities

‘He was very strict and very firm on the fact that it’s a right. It’s the freedom of every American to participate, to own a gun and use it… when need be.’

He said Paddock claimed he earned up to $300,000 a year gambling at Las Vegas casinos.

The pair stayed in ‘out-of-this-world penthouse suites like you wouldn’t believe’ because Paddock was a ‘high roller’.

He said Paddock (pictured) claimed he earned up to $300,000 a year gambling at Las Vegas casinos