In the close-knit community of Roseburg, large crowds turned out for a candlelight vigil for the victims of Thursday's killing spree at Umpqua Community College, which ended with the assailant dying during a shootout with police. "Somehow this has become routine," Obama said of the attack, as he blasted Congress for its failure to act in the face of such killings.
"We've become numb to this... It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun." "Prayers are not enough," the stony-faced president said. "We can actually do something about it, but we're going to have to change our laws."
