Politics & Government
It's Been Six Years Since The Pulse Nightclub Shooting Massacre In Orlando
It's been six years since the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a venue for the LGBTQ+ and Hispanic community.
June 9, 2022
It’s been six years since the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a venue for the LGBTQ+ and Hispanic community. The tragedy left 49 innocent victims dead in one of the deadliest attacks in our nation’s history.
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Since then, not much has changed when it comes to gun violence in America:
Just last month, 19 students and two teachers were gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Ten Black people died at the hands of an 18-year-old white supremacist at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. And in Florida in 2018, 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, in Broward County.
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The Pulse Nightclub tragedy occurred on June 16, 2012. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida filed a resolution recognizing the 49 lost. The resolution passed the Senate unanimously.
In a press release, Rubio offered these words: “It was a tragic, despicable terrorist attack on the Hispanic and gay communities in Orlando. Each person killed was a son or daughter, brother or sister, mother or father, husband or wife; They were part of our families and communities. But ultimately, that hateful ideology failed to tear apart our community.”
The U.S. House Wednesday night passed a 223-204 package of eight bills relating to gun control. But they are unlikely to advance to a final vote in the divided Senate.
A six-year Pulse Remembrance Ceremony in Orlando on Sunday will be hosted by the onePULSE Foundation.
The U.S. Senate resolution can be seen here.
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