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Obama Responds to Texas Shooting With Call for Fewer Guns

Obama Responds to Texas Shooting With Call for Fewer Guns

By    |   Sunday, 05 November 2017 10:09 PM EST

Former President Barack Obama responded to the mass shooting Sunday in Texas to push for fewer guns, urging Americans to reduce violence and weaponry "in our midst."

"We grieve with all the families in Sutherland Springs harmed by this act of hatred, and we'll stand with the survivors as they recover...

Obama offered no details on how reducing "the violence and weaponry in our midst" could take place.

The shooting in Sutherland Springs in southeast Texas claimed up to 27 lives and injured another two dozen people when a lone gunman entered First Baptist Church Sunday morning and began shooting. The gunman, reported to be Devin Patrick Kelly, was found dead in his vehicle near the border between Wilson and Guadalupe counties.

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Former President Barack Obama responded to the mass shooting Sunday in Texas to push for fewer guns, urging Americans to reduce violence and weaponry "in our midst.""We grieve with all the families in Sutherland Springs harmed by this act of hatred, and we'll stand with the...
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