Why Obama can’t do anything about guns.

Why Obama can't do anything about guns.

June 14 2016 12:15 AM Why Obama Can't Do Anything About Guns The problem isn't the president or Congress or "special interests." It's us. Alex Wong/Getty Images There's something Sisyphean in the way President Obama is forced by circumstance to address the nation in the face of horrific gun violence. With each new season comes another mass shooting, or perhaps a controversial police killing, and with each tragedy comes another White House statement of sorrow, anger, and resignation. On this issue, Obama has ceased to be a president and now acts as a Greek chorus of sorts, offering his words to the public and speaking for the millions of frustrated Americans who want Washington to do something about the shootings that mark the landscape like a spatter pattern. Jamelle Bouie is Slate's chief political correspondent. "This massacre is therefore a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school, or in a house of worship,

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