This debate needs to change. It's outgrown the old political stalemate. The notion that the answer to this tragedy would be to make sure that more people in a nightclub are similarly armed to the killer defies common sense.
President Obama calls for a change in the political debate surrounding gun control, criticizing the idea of arming more people as a solution.
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