"Our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist ...to buy extraordinary powerful weapons and they can do so legally," Obama said.
The 13 speeches against the thousand mass shootings that have occurred in his second term speak to the enormous amount of work that must be done to change the gun control debate in America.
According to Mateen's former classmates, all of the signs were there.
LGBTQ rights activists are angered that after the Orlando shooting – where 49 people were murdered and over 50 were injured – bisexual and gay men are being turned away from donor lines at a crucial time of need.
Here's everything we know about suspected Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen.
Disturbing new details emerge about Omar Mateen and what motivated him to commit this heinous act