Obama echoes calls for stronger gun control laws
A gunman, identified as Chris Harper Mercer, opened fire inside a classroom at the college and killed ten people and injured seven others. So I just have one question how do you expect the police to stop criminals from having and using guns?
“You purchase robbed weapons or do-it-yourself weapons on any block corner”. There have been more than 40 school shootings in 2015 alone.
The Everytown report also recommends that the Obama administration should instruct federal law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest criminals who try to buy illegal guns.
“Before we start calling for more laws, I think we ought to consider why we don’t enforce the laws we have”, said Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina.
“You just have to, for a while, be a single-issue voter, because that’s what is happening on the other side”, Obama said. This time the shooting was at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon.
Two weeks ago, before the mass-shooting in Oregon, Quinnipiac released national poll results on a variety issues, including guns.
“I don’t know what to feel right now”, said Sara, a student at Umpqua Community College.
“I hope and pray that I don’t have to come out again during my tenure as president to offer my condolences to families”, Obama said. “But we are not the only country on Earth who has people with mental illnesses who want to do harm to other people”, he said.
“It s a ploy to disarm us, that s all that is”, he said. She keeps her gun of choice-a Ruger LCR.22 Magnum revolver-close at hand as she operates the shop and says the world would be a better place with more love and less hate. Also, in areas that have public safety coverage, virtually no one needs a gun for self-defense.
A bank that gave away a hunting rifle when opening a new account, a department store that sold semi-automatic ammunition next to the homewares, and a retired actor who couldn’t or wouldn’t directly address NRA rallies being held following the school shooting of a 6-year-old in Moore’s home town.
“I’d ask the American people to think about how they can get our government to change these laws and to save lives and to let young people grow up, and that will require a change of politics on this issue”, Obama said.
His stance is something many countries haven’t had to deal with, because they don’t suffer from same level of gun violence. They shouldn’t need bulletproof book bags or clothing.