Obama Reacts To San Bernardino: Mass Shootings In US Have 'No Parallel'

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: TPM

President Barack Obama told CBS News on Wednesday that an unfolding mass shooting in San Bernardino was yet another in a "pattern" of such shootings in the United States "that has no parallel anywhere else in the world."

The shooting, which reportedly took place at the Inland Regional Center, a facility that serves individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, left as many as 20 victims.

"We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world," Obama told CBS News. "And there are some steps we can take to not eliminate every one of these mass shootings but to improve the odds that they don't happen as frequently."

Obama said those steps could include stronger background checks and "common sense gun safety laws," reiterating the same call for more gun control reforms that he's issued after past mass shootings.

"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," he said.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-reacts-san-bernardino-shooting

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Video @ link.

[retrowire]

1. No parallel is right...

People argue with me saying, "shootings happen everywhere. murderers gonna murder"

But not as much as here. It's the damn truth.

[justiceischeap]

6. It's our American birthright to murder people willy nilly

Don't you know that?

[awoke_in_2003]

34. Per capita, our murder rate...

is 4 times higher than France and Great Britain, and 5 times higher than Italy.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. As usual, he's right. I don't care who it turns out to be. Guns are at the root of this misery. nt

[6chars]

17. Hope this wakes people up, but so far nothing has

[ailsagirl]

23. That's the thing: nothing up until now has

I can't imagine what it will take to stop the mindless bloodshed. I can only see it worsening.

[BlueJazz]

3. Yep. Reminds me of the scene in Pulp Fiction where Samual Jackson says:

"You ain't gonna' talk yourself out of this one"

Meaning, I don't give a shit what your views on guns are...something has to be done.

[femmocrat]

4. I feel sorry for him, facing this over and over.

It must be hard to come up with the words anymore. He must feel so helpless and heartsick and yet has to console the grieving.

[maxsolomon]

7. and the next president will face it over and over as well.

the guns aren't going anywhere.

its a goddamn tragedy.

[Hekate]

29. I've been thinking the same thing all day. Of all the things he faces...

... this has got to just beat him down. He didn't sign up for this job -- it's not in the job description.

[Sedona]

5. The angry white men have declared war on the rest of us

[Elmergantry]

9. and if this turns out this was a Muslim ME'er

Then it would be ok to say "Angry Muslim men have declared war on the rest us"

[7962]

15. Oh no, THAT would be wrong.

But still to early to know for sure WHO and WHY

[840high]

25. One of the men is Muslim.

[7962]

18. Ooh, sorry, but the shooter is named Syed Farook; Another believed to be Farook's brother

Per NBC News
I guess they STILL could be white though, if that would make your day better

[840high]

26. You spoke too soon.

[markmyword]

8. Repeal the 2nd Amendment!

This is NOT the 1700's when this was put in the Constitution!

In the 1700's you had a rifle that needed gun powder, so it took a long time to load a gun!

Today we have AK-47 's and handguns that are able to shoot many rounds in seconds.

Other countries don't have all these mass shootings, BECAUSE their citizens aren't ALLOWED to own guns!

As soon as Australia had ONE mass shooting, they banned weapons!

In the U.S. When we have a mass shooting, the NRA ENCOURAGES people to go out and BUY MORE WEAPONS! This is insane!!!!!

America should ban ALL WEAPONS! Who needs them?
Other countries don't worry that their governments have guns and that the public doesn't!
So what's wrong with the U.S.?

Let's break the UNITED STATES up into smaller countries, those with the SECOND AMENDMENT and those who don't allow the SECOND AMENDMENT!

I'm tired of all these mass shootings, just when will they stop?
Not UNTIL the people say ENOUGH is ENOUGHT!

[madokie]

13. I think people's guns should be kept in Armories

Checked out and checked back in so as to keep track of them at most times. I'd rather do away with them totally but the realist in me says thats not ever going to happen ever.

[lark]

32. +1,000,000

Thanks.

[Marthe48]

10. The gangsters in the 1930's were stopped

and they were mostly just shooting each other. Now every mad dog in the U.S. can get a gun and nobody gives a damn. Letting people have uncontrolled access to guns doesn't work. Go ahead and correct me, that access to guns is controlled. And I'll read about another mass shooting of innocent, unarmed, unsuspecting victims tomorrow, and the day after and the day after that.

[YOHABLO]

11. Blah blah blah ... some more fluff from Obama. As if we haven't heard this before.

There will be no action taken by Congress to address this. People should be outraged, but they're complacent. Same ole same ole here in the Great U.S.A. The most violent country in the world. Who will be next?

[Cali_Democrat]

12. But don't you think, as President, Obama should call it out?

That's what he's doing, no?

What else can he do if Congress fails to tighten up the gun laws?

[Hekate]

30. Excuse me, but this is in the hands of Congress. Obama DOES speak out, and the GOP Congress...

...just spits in his eye time after time.

The GOP is bought and paid for by the NRA, and the NRA is bought and paid for by the gun merchants. The people of the US are sick of this slaughter, but the half of the country that is Republican keeps showing up at the polls to elect the politicians who are bought by the NRA.

So tell me again what the President is supposed to do. He sends bills to Congress. He speaks out. Now what.

[7962]

14. He should hold off until we KNOW just who the shooters are.

Because if its terrorism, then it EXACTLY a parallel to Paris
If not, then we have a different story

[Lars39]

19. The end result is a terrorized populace no matter

the reason.

[Jesus Malverde]

16. Is he still in Paris?....nt

[24601]

24. He isn't. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog#today n/t

[olddad56]

20. this is a terrible tragedy but..

stop and think about what it would have been like to be a citizen of Iraq during our government's acts of terrorism in that country. Just imagine the 'shock and awe' of it all. I have to wonder if all of the terrorism we have caused through out the middle east isn't coming back to haunt us.

If this would have happened somewhere in the middle east, we would not even be batting an eye. This is close to home and it happened to Americans, so now it has our attention. The reality is that this is a terrible tragedy regardless of where it happened.

[IronLionZion]

21. Is it time for the 8th annual Obama's coming for your guns sale?

Guns have been selling like hotcakes the last 7 years. Everyone who wants one has already bought 7 just in case.

[humbled_opinion]

22. New run on AR15's..

It's the chic holiday gift this year don'tcha know...

[rockfordfile]

28. Black Friday a lot of Ammo was sold

[rockfordfile]

27. The President is correct

Many people get it that we have a gun problem in our country. The idea to solve a problem is use violence and a gun. you can thank the nra and republican party for that. To get a gun to fire as many bullets and as fast is just messed up.

I'm a atheist and I think religion is a problem in all countries. I think of black water in America with the Jesus camps or the idiot in Colorado and today in California.

[lark]

31. And people here freaking talk about how bloodthirsty Muslims are.

We're as bad if not way worse every day of the week. Nowhere else in the world are so many people killed so indiscriminately on a daily basis. Yes, people in the middle east are killed daily but that's due to allegiance issues not just randomly.

[getagrip_already]

33. why can't someone be both muslim and a gun humper?

Do Christians have a monopoly on being ammosexuals? Do Christians have a monopoly on marginalized anger?

So this guy was a gun nut. He was probably even paranoid, and he dragged his wofe down the road. How many "survivalists" do the same thing?

Then his job made him snap. He was already halfway to postal, so it was a short trip to mass murder. Would he have become a terrorist? Maybe, but was this an international terrorist act? Doesn't look like it.

Looks like just another ammosexual with a grudge and a lot of firepower.