Obama calls for gun control action and DOESN'T link Orlando terror attack to Islam in address to nation
By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com19:31 12 Jun 2016, updated 20:18 12 Jun 2016
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- President Obama briefly addressed the nation today on the latest mass casualty shooting in the United States
- Obama said it was both an 'actor of terror' and an 'act of hate' though didn't mention Islamic extremism as a root cause
- Obama said that to 'actively do nothing is a decision as well' in terms of gun control
President Obama furthered his gun control message today when addressing the massacre in Orlando that killed 50 people, making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
'Although it's still early in the investigation we know enough to say that this was an act of terror and an act of hate,' Obama said, making no reference to ISIS or Islamic terror in his brief remarks.
Obama called the shooting spree, at the gay nightclub Pulse during Pride month in the United States, a reminder of how easy it is for someone to get a hold of a weapon that could kill people in a 'school, or a house of worship, or a movie theater, or in a nightclub.'
'And we have to decide if that's the kind of country we want to be,' Obama said.
'And to actively do nothing is a decision as well,' the president added.