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Mass Shooting In Modern American History

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As of now in 2017 the world is different and more complex. Massacres and terrorists attack rome many cities and people are now fearful of the lives. As of recently, one of the biggest American massacres has happened according to USAToday,”With at least 59 dead and with about 400 injured, the incident is the worst mass shooting in modern American history. The prior mass shooting with the highest death toll was an attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in June 2016 in which 49 people were killed and 58 injured.” But back in 2000, criminal treaty were just being established and the Immigration and Naturalization Service was protecting the jailed immigrants instead of trying to throw them out. What happen to the world?

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