© Adrees Latif / ReutersFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials collect evidence from the parking lot of the Pulse gay night club, the site of a mass shooting days earlier, in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 15, 2016.
More than a third of the 49 patrons killed during the Pulse nightclub massacre were shot in the head, and most of the victims had multiple bullet wounds, according to autopsy reports released this week.
Only two victims had traces of soot, gunpowder or stippling, meaning
most of the victims were likely more than 3 feet away when they were shot in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The autopsies show that
about half of the victims had five wounds or more, and one victim had 13 wounds.
Gunman Omar Mateen was killed during a shootout with law enforcement officers following a three-hour standoff June 12.
"It shows he shot a lot and had a lot of ammo," said Dr. Stephen Cina, a Colorado-based forensic pathologist, who has no connection to the case.
Comment: Why you should think twice about vegetarian and vegan diets:
Vegetarian and vegan diets are particularly dangerous for children. Vegan diets, in particular, are almost completely devoid of certain nutrients that are crucial for physiological function. Several studies have shown that both vegetarians and vegans are prone to deficiencies in B12, calcium, iron, zinc, the long-chain fatty acids EPA & DHA, and fat-soluble vitamins like A & D. The effects of B12 deficiency on kids are especially alarming as it can lead to long-term neurological disorders in infants and toddlers fed vegetarian diets, as well as impaired cognitive performance, spatial ability and short-term memory.
That said, allowing the state to determine how parents raise their children could set a dangerous precedent having unintended consequences.