Las Vegas shooting: Jason Aldean, Sam Hunt, Jake Owen, more celebrity reactions
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Las Vegas shooting: Jason Aldean, Sam Hunt, Jake Owen, more celebrity reactions

America woke up to a scene of unprecedented horror today, as news of the worst mass shooting in the country’s history began to spread. The latest report indicates that at least 58 people are dead and 515 injured after a domestic terrorist, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, opened fire from his room on the 32nd floor of…

Father of slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker pledges his life to ending gun violence in new editorial
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Father of slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker pledges his life to ending gun violence in new editorial

The father of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker–one of two victims of the WDBJ shootings, carried out on live television last week by a disgruntled former reporter–has penned a strong anti-firearm editorial for the Washington Post. Entitled “My daughter was killed on live television. I will do whatever it takes to end gun violence,” the essay is direct, and…

Boyfriend of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker shares heartbreaking message: “We were very much in love”
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Boyfriend of slain Virginia reporter Alison Parker shares heartbreaking message: “We were very much in love”

Chris Hurst, an anchor at WDBJ Channel 7 in Virginia, has penned a loving remembrance of both victims of today’s on-air shooting. Hurst laments the loss of both co-workers, but his message is especially heartbreaking in light of the revelation that Hurst and Alison Parker, the reporter who was conducting the interview during the shooting,…

Retailers scramble to remove Confederate flag merchandise from shelves
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Retailers scramble to remove Confederate flag merchandise from shelves

  Retailers nationwide are tripping over themselves rid any trace of Confederate flag merchandise from their shelves. The reaction comes in the wake of the massacre last week in Charleston SC that left nine black parishoners dead. Killer Dylann Roof shouted racial epithets as he opened fire, and shared a racist manifesto before committing what’s…

Police fetched Burger King for Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof
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Police fetched Burger King for Charleston shooting suspect Dylann Roof

  The North Carolina police who pulled over and ultimately arrested Charleston mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof stopped on the way to the police station because Roof asked for Burger King, according to a new report from the Charlotte Observer. The arresting officers recounted that Dylann Roof said he was hungry, having only eaten a bottle of…

NRA exec Charles Cotton blames pastor for Charleston massacre
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NRA exec Charles Cotton blames pastor for Charleston massacre

  Charles Cotton, a Texan member of the NRA’s board of directors, has come under fire for suggesting that the pastor of the church is to blame for the Charleston massacre that left nine people dead this week. Charles Cotton made the comments in a since-deleted thread on TexasCHLForum.com, a gun rights message board he runs…