Reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house of worship or a Movie Theater or in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. Is atively do nothing decision as well. Amy the orlando gunman used a semiautomatic weapon that would have been prohibited under the assault weapons ban that expired over a decade ago. We will spend the hour looking at the massacre in orlando, speaking to local officials in florida, a longtime patron of the pulse nightclub, and the first openly gay imam in the United States. We will learn how i been loving nation, australia, passed sweeping gun control legislation after a massacre in 1995. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Vigils are being held across the country following what has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in modern American History. At least 5
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Latino, many puerto rican. President obama described the shooting as an act of terror and an act of hate. This massacre is a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house ofof w worship or a movie t ther in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. Is atively do nothing decision as well. Amy the orlando gunman used a semiautomatic weapon that would have been prohibited under the assault weapons ban that expired over a decade ago. We will spend the hour looking at the massacre in orlrlando, speaking tlolocal officials in floridida, a longtime patron of the pulse nightclub, and d the fifirst openlyly gay imamam in e unitited statetes. We w will leararn how i been log nation, auaustraa, p passed sweeping gun control legislation after a massacre in 1995. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo
Today on AirTalk, California Assemblymember Matt Haney has introduced a new bill that would guarantee California workers the ‘right-to-disconnect’ from employers after work hours. Also on the show, the invisible work of ‘Emotional Labor’ in romantic relationships; Scotland’s new hate speech law and its potential impact on free speech; and more.