Obama: US needs to address gun violence after shooting
By AFP
18 June 2015 |
4:53 pm
A clearly frustrated President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States should look again at how killers get their hands on guns, after what he called "senseless murders" at a historic black church. "Now is the time for mourning and for healing, but let's be clear -- at some point, we as a country will…
A clearly frustrated President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States should look again at how killers get their hands on guns, after what he called “senseless murders” at a historic black church.
“Now is the time for mourning and for healing, but let’s be clear — at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries,” Obama said.
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