Post by diane9247 on Jun 13, 2016 0:35:54 GMT
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At least 50 dead and 50 wounded in an early morning mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub. The gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, was killed in a three-hour shootout with police. He had called 911 before his rampage to declare his fealty to ISIS.
This is the worst mass shooting in US history.
The weapon of choice for mass shootings in the USA is the AR-15, which is "easier to buy in Florida than a pistol." The FBI had interviewed Mateen three times in the past for suspicion of contact with a terrorist group sympathizer. Yet, a few months ago, he has able to legally purchase an AR-15 and a handgun.
(Warning: Don't bother reading the comments following the news report, unless you have a strong stomach for hatred against the gay community.)
PULSE nightclub Orlando.kmz (1 KB)
At least 50 dead and 50 wounded in an early morning mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub. The gunman, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, was killed in a three-hour shootout with police. He had called 911 before his rampage to declare his fealty to ISIS.
This is the worst mass shooting in US history.
President Barack Obama said Sunday afternoon that the massacre is "a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house of worship or a movie theater or in a nightclub."
"And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be," Obama said. "And to actively do nothing is a decision, as well."
"This is an especially heartbreaking day for our friends fellow Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender," Obama said, calling the attack "an act of terror and an act of hate."
"And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be," Obama said. "And to actively do nothing is a decision, as well."
"This is an especially heartbreaking day for our friends fellow Americans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender," Obama said, calling the attack "an act of terror and an act of hate."
The weapon of choice for mass shootings in the USA is the AR-15, which is "easier to buy in Florida than a pistol." The FBI had interviewed Mateen three times in the past for suspicion of contact with a terrorist group sympathizer. Yet, a few months ago, he has able to legally purchase an AR-15 and a handgun.
(Warning: Don't bother reading the comments following the news report, unless you have a strong stomach for hatred against the gay community.)
PULSE nightclub Orlando.kmz (1 KB)