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==Political Reaction==

==Political Reaction==

President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney took down their campaign ads in Colorado and cancelled political rallies on Saturday, July 21. On Sunday, July 22, Obama flew to Colorado to meet with each family of the victims.<ref name=nakamura>{{cite news|title=Obama vists victims, again taking on mantle of healer in chief|author=David Nakamura|date=July 23, 2012|work=[[Washington Post]]|page=A8}}</ref> The City of Aurora organized a prayer vigil for Sunday night that drew over a 1000 attendees.<ref name=nakamura/>

President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney took down their campaign ads in Colorado and cancelled political rallies on Saturday, July 21. On Sunday, July 22, Obama flew to Colorado to meet with each family of the victims.<ref name=nakamura>{{cite news|title=Obama vists victims, again taking on mantle of healer in chief|author=David Nakamura|date=July 23, 2012|work=[[Washington Post]]|page=A8}}</ref> The City of Aurora organized a prayer [[vigil]] for Sunday night that drew over a 1000 attendees.<ref name=nakamura/>

Ever since [[Al Gore]] lost the presidential election in 2000 in part due to [[Democrat]] demands for [[gun control]] in the aftermath of the [[Columbine massacre]], Democrats have had an unspoken rule against demanding gun control.  White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters, "The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law."<ref name=wp/>  [[Neoconservative]] commentator Bill Kristol told Fox News Sunday that this was a mistake and that Obama should show more leadership on calling for an assault weapon ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/2012/07/22/feinstein-johnson-debate-stricter-gun-control-netanyahu-dangerous-times-middle-east|title=Feinstein, Johnson debate stricter gun control; Netanyahu on dangerous times in the Middle East|date=July 22, 2012|work=[[Fox News]] Sunday}}</ref>

Ever since [[Al Gore]] lost the presidential election in 2000 in part due to [[Democrat]] demands for [[gun control]] in the aftermath of the [[Columbine massacre]], Democrats have had an unspoken rule against demanding gun control.  White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters, "The president's view is that we can take steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have them under existing law."<ref name=wp/>  [[Neoconservative]] commentator Bill Kristol told Fox News Sunday that this was a mistake and that Obama should show more leadership on calling for an assault weapon ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/2012/07/22/feinstein-johnson-debate-stricter-gun-control-netanyahu-dangerous-times-middle-east|title=Feinstein, Johnson debate stricter gun control; Netanyahu on dangerous times in the Middle East|date=July 22, 2012|work=[[Fox News]] Sunday}}</ref>