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Remembering the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting
A gunman killed 49 people early Sunday morning at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The victims include a college student, a UPS worker, and a bouncer who’d moved to Orlando to help her mother and grandmother.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenA gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 early Sunday morning at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. The victims include a college student, a UPS worker, and a bouncer who’d moved to Orlando to help her mother and grandmother. Pulse was a place of refuge for the LGBTQ community. We’ll discuss how all over the country, gay bars serve as sanctuaries for people like Dave Cullen, who happens to be an expert on mass shootings.
Also, unsurprisingly, the presidential candidates reacted differently to the shooting, which is the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
Next, the new novel by Adam Haslett titled Imagine Me Gone, is a powerful story of a family trying to cope with mental illness.
And finally, the gunman in the Orlando shooting used an AR-15 semiautomatic assault weapon. The AR-15 has been used in other mass shootings.
In this episode
5 storiesWho Were the Victims of the Orlando Nightclub Shooting?
Gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people early Sunday morning at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The victims include a college student, a UPS worker, and a bouncer who’d moved to Orlando to help her mother and grandmother.
Read the story9 minHow Gay Clubs are Sanctuaries for the LGBTQ Community
Pulse was a place of refuge for the LGBTQ community in Orlando. All over the country, gay bars and nightclubs serve as sanctuaries for a lot of people, including Dave Cullen, who is an expert on mass shootings.
Read the story5 minThe Politicization of Mass Shootings
In the aftermath of the terrible tragedy in Orlando, a familiar pattern has emerged – Democrats are calling for new gun laws and Republicans are calling for a crackdown on terrorists. That divide played out in the reactions of the two presumptive presidential candidates.
Read the story7 min‘Imagine Me Gone’: A Powerful Story of Family and Mental Illness
The new novel by Adam Haslett, “Imagine Me Gone,” is a powerful story of a family trying to cope with mental illness. It’s summer in Maine and Alec and his sister Celia are rowing a boat on a lake with their dad. He lies down, closes his eyes and says to them, “Imagine me gone.”
Read the story13 minThe AR-15 and Mass Shootings
Gun control is being debated following the shooting in Orlando that left 49 people dead. The gunman used an AR-15, as well as a handgun. Assault-style rifles were also used in the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, and the killing of schoolchildren in Sandy Hook.
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