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Obama is angry and frustrated
President Obama speaks at the White House after the Oct. 1 mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.
With frustration, disbelief and frequent anger, President Obama grieved the deaths in the mass shooting and demanded a change in the culture as he described gun violence as a uniquely American problem -- and lamented Americans' numbness to it.
"We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months," Obama said from the White House briefing room, his voice rising in frustration. "Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine."
He called on federal and state elected officials to help him change laws, saying, "This is not something I can do by myself."
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