President Obama calls for new gun-control laws from the White House, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, after the Umpqua Community College massacre in Roseburg, Oregon. (Image: WhiteHouse.gov)
President Obama wasted no time calling for increased gun-control laws after a massacre at an Oregon community college on Thursday.
At least 10 people died and 20 were injured at Umpquah Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, when an active shooter entered the college at 10:38 PST. Authorities have only described the suspect, who died in a confrontation with law enforcement officials, as a male in his early 20s.
The president embraced the opportunity to politicize the tragedy from the White House.
“So we know there are ways to prevent it. And of course, what’s also routine is somebody somewhere will comment and say, ‘Obama will politicize this issue.’ Well this is something we should politicize,” he said. “Right now I can imagine the press releases be cranked out. We need more guns, they’ll argue. Fewer gun-safety laws. Does anybody really believe that? There are scores of responsible gun owners in this country. They know this is not true. We know because of the polling that says the majority of Americans say we should be changing these laws.”
The president offered his thoughts and prayers to grieving families, but the overall theme of his address was that America must now pass stricter gun-control laws.
“We’ve talked about this after Columbine and Blacksburg, after Tucson, after Newtown, after Aurora, after Charleston. … It cannot be this easy for someone who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun,” Obama said.
UCC, which has roughly 3,300 students, has been designated a gun-free zone and has just one unarmed security guard on campus.
Kortney Moore, 18, from Rogue River, told NR Today she was in a writing class when the shooting began. Moore said the shooter asked people their religion before firing his weapon.
Vice President Joe Biden echoed Obama’s remarks while speaking at a global summit in New York.
Biden called for “sane gun legislation” because the Second Amendment doesn’t allow Americans to own “a bazooka,” the Association Press reported.
UCC officials said classes have been suspended at least until Monday because the campus is now officially a crime scene.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin told reporters he will not release the name of the suspect at this time.
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