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"Somehow, this has become routine... Our thoughts and prayers are not enough.
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00:00A lone gunman killed and injured multiple people.
00:03A tragic shooting at the Fort Hood Army base.
00:06People were shot in Tucson, Arizona,
00:08including several who were meeting at a supermarket
00:10with their congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords.
00:13At least 12 people were killed when a gunman opened fire
00:15at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.
00:17The majority of those who died today were children.
00:20Beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.
00:25Several people have been shot and some have been killed.
00:28We are confronting yet another mass shooting.
00:30We're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again.
00:33There is something heartbreaking about death happening
00:36in a place in which we seek peace, in a place of worship.
00:39Another mass shooting in America,
00:41this time in a community college in Oregon.
00:43My heart goes out to the families of those impacted.
00:46This just doesn't happen in other countries.
00:48Somehow this has become routine.
00:50The reporting is routine.
00:52My response ends up being routine.
00:54Americans understand we should be changing these laws,
00:56including the majority of responsible, law-abiding gun owners.
01:00As I said just a few months ago,
01:02and I said a few months before that,
01:05and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings,
01:08our thoughts and prayers are not enough.
01:11And it does nothing to prevent this carnage
01:13from being inflicted someplace else in America.

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