Orlando Gay Nightclub Massacre

Assistant State Attorney for Orange and Osceola counties of the US state of Florida, Kenneth Lewis, has been fired over his offensive comments on his personal Facebook account after the Orlando mass shooting.

Following the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, fears of domestic terrorist attacks in the United States are at their highest level since 2003, a poll revealed on Thursday.

The deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was both an act of terrorism and hate against the LGBT community, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said during a press conference in Orlando on Tuesday.

The gunman behind the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida visited the venue on Saturday prior to carrying out the deadliest attack in US history, local media reported on Tuesday.

The massacre of 49 people in Orlando, Florida by a gunman pledging allegiance to the Daesh terror group was part of the inevitable "blowback" from a US mass culture that glorifies violence, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and whistleblower Colleen Rowley told Sputnik.

The Monday decision by the US Supreme Court to uphold assault weapon bans in the states of Connecticut and New York should prompt the US Congress to pass similar federal legislation, US Senator Chris Murphy said in a press release on Monday.

The White House was not involved in the decision to redact the transcripts of 911 calls of an Orlando gunman last week.

Orlando shooter pledged allegiance to Daesh terrorist group according to partial 911 transcripts released by the US FBI on Monday.

The Orlando mass shooter, Omar Mateen, texted his wife when he was already inside The Pulse nightclub carrying out the attack, a law enforcement official told CNN.

Gun shop Lotus Gunworks in South Florida refused to sell bulk ammunition to Orlando shooter Omar Mateen due to his strange behavior, local media reported Thursday.

Sig Sauer, the New Hampshire-based privately-owned weapons manufacturer that built and sold the assault rifle used in the Orlando shooting massacre, is expanding production, with the goal of supplying the US Army.

Omar Mateen, the man who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in US history earlier this month, threatened more attacks against the United States in Facebook messages, a lawmaker told Fox News.

The US Democrats may push for new and stricter gun control bill after the recent deadly shooting in the nightclub in Orlando, a member of the French National Assembly's Defense Committee told Sputnik.

Likely US voters disapproved of Donald Trump's reaction to the Orlando massacre.

US federal prosecutors have called a grand jury seeking to charge Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's wife as accomplice on the charges of murder and attempted murder as well as failure to notify the authorities on the upcoming terrorist attack, local media reported Wednesday, citing a law enforcement source.

The shooting that killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in Orlando marked the deadliest mass shooting ever in US history. Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, Timothy Lytton, spoke to Sputnik to share his views on the recent incident and the future of guns in the United States.

Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims and those from countries with ties to terrorists would not have stopped the mass shooting in an Orlando, Florida nightclub, Hillary Clinton said at a rally in the US state of Ohio on Tuesday.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reiterated their joint commitment to combat terrorism both in the Middle East and worldwide, following the deadly shootings in the US state of Florida over the weekend, the US Department of State said in a statement on Tuesday.

Various theories abound in light of the Orlando carnage, including versions concerning his sexuality. Recently, the family of the hated Orlando terrorist has been found out to have a special relationship with Norway. However, this Norwegian connection failed to shed any light upon the personality and the disposition of the terrorist.

Dozens of Russians left flowers at the US Embassy in Moscow in honor of the victims of the heinous Orlando carnage.