Barack Obama actually said...

"We can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law."

"I think that the reason stories like this have such an impact on us is because we can all understand what it would be to have somebody that we love taken from us in this fashion."

"I hope that over the next several days, next several weeks, and next several months, we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence that ends up marring this country."

"His concern is that we, as a people, and that the government specifically, take every action it can to help those who are affected by these kinds of events."