"SUTHERLAND SPRINGS: President Donald Trump said the United States was living in "dark times" as it grieved on Monday (Nov 6) a shooting massacre at a Texas church, but with calls for stricter gun control reinvigorated, he insisted the latest tragedy "isn't a guns situation."
Sunday's carnage, which came just five weeks after the worst gun massacre in modern US history, saw a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest use an assault rifle to open fire on the congregation of a small-town Texas church, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more.
"I think that mental health is your problem here," Trump told journalists when asked if gun control could reduce the rampant firearms violence plaguing the US.
Speaking in Tokyo as part of his Asia tour, the US president dubbed the gunman "deranged" and said the most recent mass shooting to hit the US "isn't a guns situation."
The victims, who ranged in age from five to 72, were gunned down at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a rural community of some 400 people 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of San Antonio.
The gunman, widely identified as Devin Kelley, 26, was described by authorities as a young white male who was found dead in his vehicle after being confronted by a local resident."
It is up to the American people to decide if it is gun control or mental health issue thar killed these church goers. Also if the gun lobby won vs. the anti-gun folks.
They hv experienced enough such massive killing in the past n even more so in the last few weeks. If they believe that it is better for them to hv power guns than without as bad guys will definitely hv power guns, so be it.
I still maintain a simple position: it is easy for to to talk abt collateral damages until one of your loved ones is that collateral damage.
RIP to the dead and condolences to the family n friends of all affected.
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