Connecticut senator has had enough of ‘thoughts’ and ‘prayers’

And there are some steps we could take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they don’t happen as frequently: “common-sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks”. “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”.

Obama said the pattern of USA mass shootings “has no parallel anywhere else in the world”.

Obama Is Right-Mass Shootings Occur on Average More Than Once Per Day in the United States: Since January, there have been at least 354 cases in about 220 cities in 47 states in which four or more people were killed or wounded, according to shootingtracker.com. A witness told Los Angeles television station KCBS she saw one shooter wearing a black mask, carrying a long gun and wearing “tactical stuff”. She spoke of finding what she called common sense solutions to gun violence. Politicians’ post-massacre prayers shouldn’t conclude their political response to the public health crisis that is American gun violence.

Reaction poured in from the president, presidential candidates and other politicians to the Southern California shooting as it was still underway. FOX News, the NRA and Republican Presidential candidates will accuse them of “politicising” the tragedy in its aftermath, and say it’s “too soon” to talk about gun control. “It is time for us to say we are going to have comprehensive background checks, we are gonna close the gun show loopholes”, Clinton stated.

The idea? That “thoughts and prayers” are useless – that it’s time to take action and pass some gun control already! According to Federal Bureau of Investigation data, mass shootings are responsible for less than 5 percent of all gun deaths in America. Start acting on gun violence prevention measures.

That fact that people are still able to purchase weapons of war, some of which were appropriately banned under the now-expired Assault Weapons Ban, is a moral failure on the part of our nation.

“Our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the first responders in San Bernardino who willingly go into harm’s way to save others, “wrote Ted Cruz“.

The president’s sentiment was echoed by an emotionally powerful statement from former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was badly injured in a 2011 shooting in Arizona.

Democratic presidential candidates took to Twitter.

“Mass shootings are becoming an nearly everyday occurrence in this country”. “It’s an issue that goes far beyond the scope of ATF or law enforcement”.

On behalf of all New Yorkers, we offer our prayers to the victims of today’s horrific shooting in San Bernardino. This is when our police are so appreciated! It is unfortunate that after the San Bernardino shooting, the frustration of many Americans turned those who desire prayer and political action against those who see so many tweeted prayer intentions as a pardon for inaction, because both sets have honest and compatible complaints.