Barack Obama, from the White House, June 18, 2015 ((June 18, 2015), "Church Massacre Suspect Held as Charleston Grieves", The New York Times ; w:Robert Costa, w:Sari Horwitz (June 17, 2015), "9 dead in shooting at historic Charleston African American church. Police chief calls it ‘hate crime.’", The Washington Post )
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We don’t have all the facts, but we do know that, once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun.
— Barack Obama on Charleston church shooting
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We don’t have all the facts, but we do know that, once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun." in the context of "Barack Obama, from the White House, June 18, 2015 ((June 18, 2015), "Church Massacre Suspect Held as Charleston Grieves", The New York Times ; w:Robert Costa, w:Sari Horwitz (June 17, 2015), "9 dead in shooting at historic Charleston African American church. Police chief calls it ‘hate crime.’", The Washington Post )" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Charleston church shooting" (Quotes, 2015)
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About Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012. A member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Before becoming president, he represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and served as United States senator from Illinois between January 4, 2005 and November 16, 2008. While president, he was the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
About Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. Born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan father and a mother from Kansas, he won the 2008 presidential election and was re-elected president in November 2012. A member of the U.S. Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Before becoming president, he represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and served as United States senator from Illinois between January 4, 2005 and November 16, 2008. While president, he was the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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