According to the NRA , Americans bought 5 million new semi-automatic weapons in , adding to the 60 million already in the possession of private individuals. News Maven Home Archive Its historical roots go back almost years, to the tragedies that occurred in the swamps of Florida, when the U. Peanut Has Indigenous Roots. Editor ICT editorial team. Aug 15 New Comment. Groom is Native, Bride is Native-Inspired.

Jul 11, New Comment. Of herbs and Inuit. Editor Indian Country Today. Mar 23, New Comment. Jun 4, New Comment. Feb 8, New Comment. Scores injured in religious mob violence and arson. Blacks killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards. Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation.

Democrats resisted the joining of Opelousas African Americans into the political party and went on a hunt for African Americans, killing at least African Americans and Democrats. The dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang. Tried by drumhead court martial and executed, town of 3, sacked and burned in a raid by Jim Lane 's Kansas Brigade. Unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture.

Tahlequah, Indian Territory present-day Oklahoma. Died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens.

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Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge. Federal and mostly black troops were killed by Confederate soldiers while trying to surrender. Mountain Meadows , Utah Territory. Emigrant wagon train annihilated by the Mormon Utah Territorial Militia. Started when Ute Indians allegedly killed ranchers and stole horses in Colorado. As the Ute moved into the southeastern Utah, a battle between the Indians and a band of ranchers and cowboys who blamed Utes for the loss of their livestock was fought, resulting in the death of 13 cowboys in the gunfight.

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Battle of Blair Mountain. Logan County, West Virginia. Private army and US Troops against union organizers. WWI gas bombs used against union organizers. The confrontation resulted in the deaths of Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman, two striking coal miners, seven men from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency , and an unarmed bystander.


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Injured over others and those near the collapses of the twin towers are substantially more prone to respiratory diseases and lung cancer. University of Texas tower Shooting. Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township. San Ysidro McDonald's massacre.

Edmond post office shooting. The attacker began killing the day before killing 2 others. He wounded a total of 6 people over the 2 days. Columbine High School massacre.

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He also killed his wife on the 27th, his 2 children on the 28th then the main attack occurred on the 29th where he killed 9 victims and wounded 13 others. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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Washington Navy Yard shooting. Umpqua Community College shooting. Attackers brought pipe bombs as well as firearms, they targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party. Sutherland Springs church shooting. Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Santa Fe High School shooting. Pacific Air Lines Flight Mass murder-suicide.

This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 21 November A driver's license photo of Mateen. Orlando, Florida , U. Here's their case for a firearms restriction on people on the terrorist watch list". Retrieved September 28, Omar Mateen cited the death of an Islamic State leader as a motivation for the June massacre". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 13, Retrieved June 12, Birth date, family, profession". Retrieved March 27, The volatile life of the Orlando shooter". Retrieved June 18, Orlando gunman talked about violence in 3rd grade". Retrieved June 17, Retrieved June 16, Some say he celebrated".

The New York Times. Retrieved June 19, Father, security guard, 'dorky' in school". Retrieved June 15, What we know, don't know about Orlando nightclub shooter". Retrieved June 14, The Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on June 12, Retrieved December 21, Archived from the original on July 2, South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 1, Retrieved October 18, In , G4S removed Mr.

Mateen from his security post at the St. Lucie County Courthouse after he had made 'inflammatory comments' about being involved somehow in terrorism. Retrieved October 19, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Omar Mateen drank alone at Pulse before attack". The Tampa Bay Times.

Retrieved September 10, A YouTube video clip was used for purposes of discussion to establish the man's identity. Archived from the original on June 16, Retrieved November 1, Retrieved January 29, Retrieved June 21, In one video, the elder Mateen expresses gratitude toward the Afghan Taliban while denouncing the Pakistani government.

What Motivated Orlando Nightclub Shooter? Portrait of America's deadliest mass shooter". Imam Syed Shafeeq Rahman said Mateen had been a regular attendee since childhood and came in for worship three or four times a week. Omar Mateen homophobic, 'unhinged ' ".

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Gilroy, a former Fort Pierce police officer, said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments. Gilroy said he complained to his employer several times but it did nothing because he was Muslim. The New York Daily News. Mateen had 'confessed' to his ex-wife that in the past 'he very much enjoyed going to clubs and nightlife,' she told CNN on Monday.

He 'never made any indication while we were together that he was gay, but he did feel strongly about homosexuality,' she said. The Answer Continues to Elude the F. Retrieved June 29, Club shooter was gay". Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that the F. Mateen was gay but 'closeted', that he had been visiting gay clubs or that he had used gay dating apps. Retrieved July 16, The FBI, however, has been unable to verify that Mateen used gay dating apps and instead has found evidence that Mateen was cheating on his wife with other women.

Officials said there is nothing to suggest that he attempted to cover up his tracks by deleting files. They also added he did not make gay slurs during the shooting spree inside the club, based on witnesses. Retrieved July 1, Retrieved July 4, New York Daily News.