Obama: Orlando terror attack was homegrown

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WASHINGTON — President Obama said the shooting passings of 50 individuals at an Orlando dance club has every one of the signs of the San Bernardino shooting last December: A terrorism assault enlivened by — yet not as a matter of course organized with — the Islamic State dread gathering.

"At this stage we see no unmistakable confirmation that he was coordinated remotely," Obama told columnists in the Oval Office Monday. "It appears that at last he reported his devotion to ISIL."

Obama did not call the shooter, Omar Marteen, by name, and he said law requirement was all the while exploring what pathways the Florida man took to getting to be radicalized through web purposeful publicity. He called the assault "a case of the sort of homegrown radicalism that we've all been worried about for a long while."

Obama said it's still misty what the shooter's precise inspirations were, however the way that it happened at a gay club was "pertinent" to the examination.

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Calling the Islamic State a "radical, skeptic, horrendous association," Obama said the individuals who have distorted Islam have frequently focused on gays, lesbians and ladies. "So yes, I'm certain we will discover there are associations, paying little heed to the specific inspirations of this executioner," he said.

What's more, Obama rehashed his call for more grounded firearm wellbeing enactment, saying the country ought to concentrate on both battling terrorism and limiting simple access to weapons.

Obama made the comments after an Oval Office preparation on the occurrence with FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, National Counterterrorism Center Director Nicholas Rasmussen, and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
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