Almost a week after Orlando, Tabitha M. Powledge weighs the gunman's various reported motives — ISIS sympathies, homophobia — but ultimately blames his ability to easily and legally buy an assault weapon: "It’s fair to say that U.S. gun violence is a health crisis. And lo and behold, this week the American Medical Association stepped up and said exactly that. The AMA called on Congress to stop forbidding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to do gun research."
June 18, 2016