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The right to bear arms is something America's Founding Fathers considered a pride point, but another mass shooting (defined as four or more victims) has brought the Second Amendment under scrutiny once again.
Speaking about the Charleston shooting on Thursday, President Obama said, "At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. And it is in our power to do something about it."
Gun homicides in America occur at a rate of 2.97 fatalities per 100,000 people, which is three times that of the world's other wealthy nations, according to the Washington Post. Their data was obtained by the OECD, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (Latin American countries were not included.)
"I've had to make statements like this too many times," the president said during his statement.
During his time in office, more than 20 mass shootings (four or more victims) have happened, according to Mother Jones.
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