--- title: Orlando Shooting: Obama Addresses Years of Mass Shootings description: Obama has delivered remarks on at least a dozen mass shootings throughout his presidency canonical: https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-13T20:52:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:08:46.424Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch President Obama Speak on Gun Violence Through the Years og:description: Obama has delivered remarks on at least a dozen mass shootings throughout his presidency og:url: https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafd4826be974aa2f/698897a4f887dc14e3e96401/gettyimages-539886362.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Obama And Biden Meet With National Security Leaders At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch President Obama Speak on Gun Violence Through the Years twitter:description: Obama has delivered remarks on at least a dozen mass shootings throughout his presidency twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafd4826be974aa2f/698897a4f887dc14e3e96401/gettyimages-539886362.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch President Obama Speak on Gun Violence Through the Years by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Lauren Dugan](https://time.com/author/lauren-dugan/) Jun 13, 2016 8:52 PM UTC  U.S President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Nicholas Rasmussen, and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates in the Oval Office of the White House June 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama received an update on the investigation into the attack in Orlando, Florida. Alex Wong—Getty Images U.S President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Nicholas Rasmussen, and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates in the Oval Office of the White House June 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama received an update on the investigation into the attack in Orlando, Florida. Alex Wong—Getty ImagesAlex Wong—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Lauren Dugan](https://time.com/author/lauren-dugan/) Jun 13, 2016 8:52 PM UTC [President Obama](http://time.com/4365421/orlando-shooting-barack-obama-terror-hate/) found himself in an uncomfortably familiar position after the Orlando shooting. Standing at the podium in the White House Press Briefing room — named after James Brady, who was left permanently disabled by a gunshot intended for President Ronald Reagan — Obama yet again [addressed the nation in the aftermath of a fatal gun tragedy](http://time.com/4365421/orlando-shooting-barack-obama-terror-hate/). The Sunday shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub[ left 49 dead and 53](http://time.com/4365988/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-police-pulse/?xid=homepage) wounded in what has become the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The president has delivered such remarks more than a dozen times throughout his presidency — including shootings at [Fort Hood](http://time.com/56427/obama-memorial-fort-hood-shooting/?iid=sr-link1), [Aurora, Colo.](http://swampland.time.com/2012/07/23/president-obama-mourns-aurora-and-misses-an-opportunity/), [Sandy Hook](http://time.com/4168680/barack-obama-gun-control-tears/), [Charleston](http://time.com/time-magazine-charleston-shooting-cover-story/) and [San Bernardino](http://time.com/4134676/obama-san-bernardino-shooting/) peppering his two terms in office. At times he has been reflective, other times he has been heartbroken, but more recently the president has expressed frustration at the repeated instances of gun violence on American soil. “Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. The conversation in the aftermath of it,” Obama said after the shooting in Roseburg, Or. in October. “We’ve become numb to this.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama Speak on Gun Violence Through the Years","datePublished":"2016-06-13T20:52:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:08:46.424Z","description":"Obama has delivered remarks on at least a dozen mass shootings throughout his presidency","url":"https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafd4826be974aa2f/698897a4f887dc14e3e96401/gettyimages-539886362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Lauren Dugan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lauren-dugan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafd4826be974aa2f/698897a4f887dc14e3e96401/gettyimages-539886362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Obama And Biden Meet With National Security Leaders At The White House","caption":"Obama And Biden Meet With National Security Leaders At The White House","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4367268/orlando-shooting-president-obama-gun-violence/","name":"Watch President Obama Speak on Gun Violence Through the Years"}}]}] ```