Democracy Now! July 23, 2012

July 23, 2012 from Democracy Now! via Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND

Thousands of people gathered in Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday at a public vigil for the victims of the shooting rampage at a local movie theater. Police say the alleged shooter in the Aurora, Colorado, killings purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition online, as some politicians urge stricter gun control measures -- while a survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting says "the time is now" for action on gun laws. And the father of a victim in the Oklahoma City bombing discusses healing after a tragedy. Plus headlines, and more.

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Aurora

The City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado, spanning Arapahoe and Adams counties, with the extreme southeastern portion of the city extending into Douglas County. Aurora is one of the principal cities of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metrop... Explore this topic

Gun law

Vapenlagar är lagar och andra bestämmelser som reglerar ägandet, bärandet av vapen. Framför allt gäller det skjutvapen, men det finns även bestämmelser om knivar. Explore this topic

Gun control

Gun control is any law, policy, practice, or proposal designed to restrict or limit the possession, production, importation, shipment, sale, and/or use of guns or other firearms by private citizens among others. Gun control laws and policy vary greatly around the world. Some c... Explore this topic

Aurora shooting

On July 20, 2012, a gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the film The Dark Knight Rises in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, United States. The attack killed 12 and injured 59. Explore this topic

United States

The United States of America, commonly called the United States, or America, is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capi... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

Spree killer

A spree killer is someone who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders". Explore this topic

Movie theater

A movie theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing films. Most but not all movie theaters are commercial operations catering to the general public, who attend by purchasing a ticket. The movie is projected with a movie projector onto a large projection screen at the f... Explore this topic

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 British–American superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's ... Explore this topic

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