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2. Invoking scripture

Fort Hood – Nov. 5, 2009. A U.S. Army major guns down 12 soldiers and a civilian physician’s assistant at Fort Hood military base near Killeen, Texas.

“In our lives, in our joys and in our sorrows, we've learned that there is a time for every matter under heaven. We laugh and we weep. We celebrate and we mourn. We serve in war and we pray for peace. But scripture also teaches that alongside the temporal, one thing is eternal. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends … May God watch over these American soldiers. May He keep strong their families whose love endures. May God continue to bless the United States of America with patriots such as these.”

3. Honoring the heroes

Tucson – Jan. 8, 2011. A gunman attempts to assassinate Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., at a “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tuscon, Arizona, grievously wounding the congresswoman and killing six.

“Our hearts are full of gratitude for those who saved others. We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez, a volunteer in Gabby’s office. Daniel, I’m sorry, you may deny it, but we’ve decided you are a hero because you ran through the chaos to minister to your boss and tended to her wounds and helped keep her alive. We are grateful to the men who tackled the gunman as he stopped to reload. Right over there. We are grateful for petite Patricia Maisch, who wrestled away the killer’s ammunition, and undoubtedly saved some lives. And we are grateful for the doctors and nurses and first-responders who worked wonders to heal those who’d been hurt. We are grateful to them.”

4. Mourning the loss

Newtown – Dec. 14, 2012. A 20-year-old gunman murders 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.

“The majority of those who died today were children — beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. They had their entire lives ahead of them — birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. Among the fallen were also teachers — men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. So our hearts are broken today.”

5. Sasha and Malia

Aurora – July 20, 2012. A gunman kills 12 people at a midnight screening of the movie, “The Dark Night Rises.”

“My daughters go to the movies. What if Malia and Sasha had been at the theater, as so many of our kids do every day? Michelle and I will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight, and I'm sure you will do the same with your children. But for those parents who may not be so lucky, we have to embrace them and let them know we will be there for them as a nation.”

6. No More

Navy Yard – Sept.16, 2013.. A gunman slays 12 inside the Washington Navy Yard in the District of Columbia.

“We can’t accept this. As Americans bound in grief and love, we must insist here today there is nothing normal about innocent men and women being gunned down where they work. There is nothing normal about our children being gunned down in their classrooms. There is nothing normal about children dying in our streets from stray bullets. No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence — none. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is in other developed nations. The murder rate with guns is ten times what it is in other developed nations. And there is nothing inevitable about it. It comes about because of decisions we make or fail to make. And it falls upon us to make it different.”

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