U.S President Barack Obama has told the families of the
people that were killed in the Orlando gay club massacre that the American politics
have made it possible for anybody to acquire any weapon he so wishes, even
legally. And that he can't promise
there'll be no more attacks or violence due to government policies on gun
acquisition and control.
"Our politics have conspired to make it
as easy as possible for a terrorist or even just a disturbed individual to buy
extraordinarily powerful weapons, and they can do so legally,"
According to CNN, Obama also spoke about how he felt after
meeting with families who lost loved ones
in the Orlando nightclub shooting:
"I held and
hugged grieving family members and parents and they asked, 'Why does this keep
happening?' And they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage,They don't
care about the politics. Neither do I."
We can't
anticipate or catch every single deranged person that may wish to do harm to
his neighbours or his friends or co-workers or strangers," Obama said.
"Unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible
for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in Aurora and Newtown
to buy extraordinarily powerful weapons and they can do so legally. Those who
defend the easy accessibility of assault weapons should meet these
families"
"If you have
lone wolf attacks like this, hatched in the minds of a disturbed person, then
we're going to have to take different steps in order to prevent something like
this from happening," Obama continued.
"If there was
ever a moment for all of us to reflect and reaffirm our most basic beliefs that
everybody counts and everybody has dignity, now's the time. It's a good time
for all of to us reflect on how we treat each other and to insist on respect
and equality for every human being."
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