WASHIGNTON (AP) - Was it homegrown terrorism, anti-gay bigotry or random gun violence?
Americans searching for answers after the Orlando shootings are finding no easy solutions from Barack Obama. The president is acknowledging that a deadly mix of extremism and easy gun access have made future tragedies almost a foregone conclusion.
In the days after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history, Obama has offered no simple prescriptions or promises for new action - even as the candidates vying for his job put forward aggressive plans of their own.
Instead, he's suggested the root causes behind a "disturbed" man's actions are difficult to determine and may be less important than a sort of "soul searching" about what to do about it.