Donald Trump condemns Las Vegas shooting, while remaining mum on gun control
Washington — President Donald Trump condemned the massacre of at least 59 Las Vegas concert goers as an "act of pure evil" on Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control or the motives for the worst mass shooting in recent US history. Delivering televised remarks, Trump tried to offer consolation and called for unity — an act that has become a grim rite of passage for modern US presidents. Barack Obama wept as he tried to soothe the nation after the 2012 Sandy Hook primary school shooting, George W Bush told Americans that the "nation grieves" after a similar outrage at Virginia Tech university.
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