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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Slams 'So-Called Leaders' On Gun Control

Late night hosts on various networks reacted to the massacre in Las Vegas by criticizing political inaction on gun laws, which continues to divide the American public.
Host Jimmy Kimmel during his opening monologue at the 89th Annual Academy Awards.

Updated at 1:10 p.m. ET

The grim news of Sunday night's deadly massacre in Las Vegas was inescapable, and the late night TV talk show hosts addressed it head on, none more forcefully than Jimmy Kimmel.

In an emotional monologue, Kimmel, his voice quavering, told his ABC audience that Las Vegas was his hometown. "It's the kind of thing that

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