What are your thoughts on the mass shooting in Orlando?
It's being called "unimaginable," and "the worst mass shooting in U.S. history" by a single gunman. 50 people are dead, including the gunman, and 53 are injured — many critically — following the shooting in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida. With guest host, Asha Tomlinson.
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It's being called "unimaginable," and "the worst mass shooting in U.S. history" by a single gunman. 50 people are dead, including the gunman, and 53 are injured — many critically — following the shooting in a gay night club in Orlando, Florida.
Law enforcement officials are calling this an act of terrorism and people are, of course, reeling in the aftermath.
There is much we do not know about what motivated this attack. The gunman struck in a popular gay nightclub and many are asking if anti-gay sentiment was behind the attack.
And, the tragedy comes close on the heels of the shooting of singer Christina Grimmie, also in Orlando.
We wanted to know your thoughts: what might be done to prevent such shootings?
Guests
David Common is a reporter with CBC News and is in Orlando, Florida.
El Farouk Khaki is coordinating imam at Toronto Unity Mosque — the first LGBTQ mosque in Toronto.
David Morris is a member of the board of management at The 519, an LGBT community agency in Toronto.
A.J. Somerset is the author of, Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun.