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If it was not for the call that Omar Mir Seddique Mateen made to 911 during the attack at the gay nightclub in Orlando on early Sunday to pledge his allegiance to ISIS and mention the Boston Marathon bombers, this mass killing would more or less have been debated as another one of those gun violence that has created a bloody culture of mass shootings in the US. This debate, which today centers around the ISIS and radical Islam would have veered around to the need for greater gun control.
Unfortunate and ghastly as the incident is, the gun lobby in the United States must thank this mass murderer for having made that call to 911.
Although the question has veered away from the need for gun control in the US, this deadliest incident of mass shooting and worst terror attack since 9/11 in the country raises a very important question.
Gun violence in the US has mostly been incidents of psychological disorders, accidental deaths, suicides and domestic violence that has resulted in deadly carnage in the streets. However, this incident at the gay nightclub in Orlando raises a new dimension to the problem that the US faces. Continue reading