Senator’s Message About the ‘Thoughts’ and ‘Prayers’ Some are Sending in the

“Details in San Bernardino are still murky, but what we do know is that these deadly shootings aren’t slowing down”.

The immediate aftermath of the tragedy left politicians resorting to largely formulaic responses, with Democrats calling for more gun control and Republicans offering their “thoughts and prayers”.

But that feeling is not shared by gun owner John Rosenthal who is the founder of Newton based Stop Handgun Violence.

As he and others observed, the underlying message of the violence Wednesday is clear: Mass shootings have created a disquiet that is all too familiar – and all too easily dismissed. Start acting on gun violence prevention measures.

Police are involved in a shootout with suspects in a black SUV Wednesday, about a mile from the mass shooting.

GOP presidential hopefuls Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Lindsey Graham and House Speaker Paul Ryan all offered “thoughts and prayers” for the victims of San Bernardino shooting. When we pray, we’re talking to somebody greater than ourselves and asking him to do some specific things – to heal those who are wounded, to give grace to those who’ve lost loved ones, to protect our law enforcement personnel.

Democratic presidential candidates took to Twitter, with Hillary Clinton writing, “I refuse to accept this as normal”.

But Wednesday’s carnage in California didn’t mark the first mass shooting since Robert Dear opened fire at the Colorado Springs clinic.

“Mass shootings are bad tragedies and the hardest gun violence to prevent, but I would argue that that’s what we need to be focused on”.

Mass shootings are becoming an nearly everyday occurrence in this country, Bernie Sanders tweeted.

“Congress owes it to the families we represent to take immediate steps to prevent gun violence from tormenting our communities and taking innocent lives”.

NRA spokeswoman Jennifer Baker said Thursday the group had not issued any statement about the San Bernardino shootings.

The mass shooting left at least 14 people dead and 17 injured.

“We should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events, because it doesn’t happen with the same frequency in other countries”, said U.S. President Barack Obama in an interview with CBS. How can we rationalize this kind of inaction as 33,000 people are killed every year in the nation due to gun-related violence?