Black and white, and in-between

Washington

NINE men and women were shot to death inside their church by a young man last Wednesday night, a shocking incident that recalled the mass murders of innocent Americans by mentally troubled men that have taken place in the United States in recent years.

And like in the aftermath of the killings in Newton, Connecticut; Aurora, Colorado; and Virginia Tech, President Barack Obama and other public figures expressed sadness and anger at the violence as well as impatience with Congress for refusing to tighten America's guns laws.