"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. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. And it is in our power to do something about it. I say that recognizing the politics in this town foreclose a lot of those avenues right now. But it would be wrong for us not to acknowledge it. And at some point, it's going to be important for the American people to come to grips with it and for us to be able to shift how we think about the issue of gun violence collectively."
Guns? That is the oddest statement I have read on this and it comes from the president who personalized Trayvon Martin and who has spoken movingly about racial discrimination that he has experienced personally.
This is not about guns, for crissakes, it's about RACEEEEE! That was obvious from the moment we learned that the murderer was White. This happened in an A.M.E. church. Word association: murders in Black church. Birmingham, 1963. Would he be calling for bomb control if that had been the Charleston murderer's M.O?
You are NEVER going to prevent Charleston or Birmingham with controlled access to weapons. This was a RACE murder and it would have happened with poisoned arrows if necessary.
Oddest statement I've read.
