President Obama's Frustration With Congress Over Yet Another Mass Shooting: 'Somehow This Has Become Routine'

At a press conference Thursday, President Barack Obama's frustration with a lack of action from Congress to prevent mass shootings - like the one that happened today at Umpqua Community College in Oregon - was on clear display.

"It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun," Obama said.

"It cannot be this easy for somebody who wants to inflict harm on other people to get his or her hands on a gun," Obama said.

He recalled an interview in which he said that America is the only country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings regularly. Hours later, there were reports of a shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater.

He continued: "We spend over $1 trillion on preventing terrorism…yet we have a Congress that prevents us from even collecting data on how to reduce gun deaths."

The president also made note that "our thoughts and prayers are not enough. They are not enough."

"Somehow this has become routine."

I agree. Over 80% of Americans support universal background checks when purchasing a gun. Can we not do even just that?

One guy fails to ignite a shoe bomb on an airplane, and now we all take our shoes and belts off to go through airport security. We can't take a few minutes to do a background check on a felon or mentally ill person?