Empathy is defined as, "the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions; the ability to share someone else's feelings." We see this now in the wake of the Orlando tragedy, support coming from around the country for the LGBTQ and Latino communities and all those affected by the senseless tragedy, but what about before?

Did we see empathy from GOP candidate Donald Trump? Who's mantra has been "build a wall," to create a physical barrier between us and them, isolating America even further from its neighbor and making it even harder for people trying to better their lives.

Did we see empathy from those opposed of homosexuality? Because there are still people after this tragedy like Pastor Roger Jimenez from Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento who stated that we “shouldn’t be mourning the death of 50 sodomites.”

And what about the NRA, whose Twitter account has only tweeted defensive statements about why guns are not the problem? No statement mourning the tremendous loss of life by a gun, no empathy for the victims or survivors.

Do I agree that America has a gun problem? Yes. Just look at any statics like this one from The Wall Street Journallisted America as having 133 mass shootings compared to its runner up Germany which had 6: