{"id":247989,"date":"2021-03-18T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247989"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:45:28","slug":"obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1868.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>After \u201ca series of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight dead Tuesday night,\u201d with police arresting \u201ca 21-year-old man who is believed to have confessed to the crimes,\u201d former President Barack Obama used the attack to launch a call for stricter gun control measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEven as we\u2019ve battled the pandemic, we\u2019ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America. Although the shooter\u2019s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims underscores an alarming rise in anti-Asian violence that must end,\u201d Obama wrote in the first of a series of tweets.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.463258785942\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even as we\u2019ve battled the pandemic, we\u2019ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America. Although the shooter\u2019s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims underscores an alarming rise in anti-Asian violence that must end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1372191746583629827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cYesterday\u2019s shootings are another tragic reminder that we have far more work to do to put in place commonsense gun safety laws and root out the pervasive patterns of hatred and violence in our society,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMichelle and I pray for the victims, their families, everyone grieving these needless and devastating killings\u2014and we urge meaningful action that will save lives,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.266666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michelle and I pray for the victims, their families, everyone grieving these needless and devastating killings\u2014and we urge meaningful action that will save lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1372191748554952714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-massage-parlor-shooting-8-dead-9e39706c523c733a6d83d9baf4866154\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cThe attacks began around 5 p.m. when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in a strip mall near a rural area in Acworth, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Atlanta, Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Capt. Jay Baker said. Two people died at the scene and three were transported to a hospital where two of them also died.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAround 5:50 p.m., police in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, responding to a call of a robbery in progress, found three women dead from apparent gunshot wounds at Gold Spa. While they were at that scene, they learned of a call reporting shots fired at another spa across the street, Aromatherapy Spa, and found a woman who appeared to have been shot dead inside the business,\u201d the AP continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/atlanta-shooting-suspect-police-attacks-not-racially-motivated-sex-addiction\">Fox News<\/a> then reported that the suspect took \u201cresponsibility\u201d for the attacks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPolice officials said the investigation is ongoing, but the events were not believed to have been racially motivated. Instead, they believe Long opened fire because he saw the locations as \u2018an outlet for him\u2019 to succumb to purported sex-addiction temptations, Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Capt. Jay Baker said during a news conference,\u201d Fox reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2018He apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations as \u2026. a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate,\u2019 Baker said,\u201d the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other politicians have reacted to the attacks in Georgia, with President Joe Biden decrying them as an example of \u201cbrutality against Asian Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Whatever the motivation here, I know that Asian Americans are very concerned, because as you know, I have been speaking about the brutality against Asian Americans for the last couple months, and I think it is very, very troubling,\u201d Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/joe-biden\/biden-decries-brutality-against-asian-americans-following-atlanta-area-spa-n1261311\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vice President Kamala Harris also responded, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP\/status\/1372368895756091401\"><span>writing<\/span><\/a><span> \u201c<\/span><span>Doug and I grieve with the families and communities of those whose lives were horrifically taken last night. Violence is never acceptable and has no place in our country. While the motive is unknown, @POTUS and I want the Asian American community to know we stand with you,\u201d on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After \u201ca series of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight dead Tuesday night,\u201d with police arresting \u201ca 21-year-old man who is believed to have confessed to the crimes,\u201d former &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310763,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1868.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1868.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}