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Sympathy for victims pours in following Chattanooga shootings

Greg, left, and Leslie Walker hold hands during a prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil followed a shooting at both the Lee Highway Armed Forces Career Center and the Naval Operational Support Center on Amnicola Highway which left five dead, including the shooter, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded.
Greg, left, and Leslie Walker hold hands during a prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil followed a shooting at both the Lee Highway Armed Forces Career Center and the Naval Operational Support Center on Amnicola Highway which left five dead, including the shooter, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded. Greg, left, and Leslie Walker hold hands during a prayer vigil at Redemption Point Church on Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The vigil followed a shooting at both the Lee Highway Armed Forces Career Center and the Naval Operational Support Center on Amnicola Highway which left five dead, including the shooter, and a Chattanooga police officer wounded.

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photo President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Thursday, July 16, 2015, on the shooting in Chattanooga. Obama is promising a thorough and prompt investigation into an attack at two military sites that killed at least four Marines. The president is calling the shooting a “heartbreaking circumstance.”

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photo House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick

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photo Rep. Chuck Fleischmann speaks at the Times Free Press in this file photo.

Washington, DC – Following today's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee which left four U.S. Marines dead, Violence Policy Center (VPC) Executive Director Josh Sugarmann issued the following statement: "Another day in America, another mass shooting. While we are still learning the facts behind this latest mass murder, easy access to increasingly lethal firearms is the one factor that is almost constant in these attacks. Lives are lost, families are devastated, and communities are scarred, yet all too often we look for answers while ignoring the very tools that are commonly used to perpetrate these heinous acts. Until this changes, such horrific events are inevitable.