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Obama Done Comforting Nation, Says Gun Violence Worse Than Terrorism

HAD ENOUGH

The president said laws—not prayers—are needed to stop violence, and that not passing gun control is tantamount to aiding mass murder.

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An outraged President Obama did not try to comfort the nation after its latest mass murder—this time at Umpqua Community College in Oregon on Thursday—but instead admonished it for not fighting gun violence.

“Our thoughts and prayers are not enough.

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