Tag: Mass Shootings

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. needs to reinstate the expired assault weapons ban in the wake of the Orlando shooting. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Clinton: ‘Weapons of war’ must be banned after Orlando

Kelly Cohen · June 13, 2016 12:52 pm

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Trump: Obama could have ‘something else in mind’ about Islamic extremism

Gabby Morrongiello · June 13, 2016 12:15 pm

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Trump calls for retaliation in wake of Orlando shooting

Gabby Morrongiello · June 13, 2016 11:49 am

President Obama receives an update in the Oval Office from FBI Director James Comey and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco on the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., June 12, 2016. (Pete Souza/White House photo)

Shooting upends Clinton’s general election kick-off plans

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2016 10:00 pm

Trump tweeted on Sunday reaffirmation of his Muslim ban, saying that the Orlando attack that killed 50 people and injured 53 "is just the beginning." (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Trump reaffirms ban on Muslims

Robert King · June 12, 2016 9:46 pm

Why so hard to tell the truth about Orlando?

Michael Graham · June 12, 2016 9:39 pm

Rubio said that Mateen was able to purchase weapons and it can be difficult to identify radical extremists before they commit a shooting. (AP/Tina Fineberg, File)

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Rubio: Homegrown extremists ‘hardest terrorist threat’ for country

Robert King · June 12, 2016 9:13 pm

Hillary Clinton mentioned gun control, but suggested fighting terror is the top priority. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

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Clinton focuses on need to fight ‘international terror’

Keith Koffler · June 12, 2016 8:56 pm

G4S Security Solutions said in a statement reported on CNN that Omar Mateen worked for the company since Sept. 10, 2007. (MySpace photo)

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Security company employed shooter since 2007

Robert King · June 12, 2016 7:55 pm

The FBI investigated the comments made by Omar Mateen, who worked as a security guard, and interviewed Mateen twice.

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FBI investigated Orlando shooter twice

Robert King · June 12, 2016 7:36 pm

Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., called for a vote to ban people on the terror watch list from purchasing weapons following the mass shooting in Orlando. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

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House Dem calls for terror watch list gun ban vote

Joel Gehrke · June 12, 2016 7:23 pm

Trump has repeatedly called for a "total and complete ban" on non-American Muslims seeking to enter the U.S. until Congress has passed additional measures to protect Americans. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

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Trump: I ‘appreciate the congrats for being right’ on terrorism

Gabby Morrongiello · June 12, 2016 7:11 pm