DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has expressed frustration over the ‘routine’ response to mass shootings, after a gunman killed nine people in Oregon.

“We’ve become numb to this,” he said at the White House, visibly angry, reports the BBC.

He said the shootings had become “routine”, as had his own response and the response of those who oppose his call for tighter gun controls.

The gunman, named as Chris Harper Mercer, was shot dead by police after the rampage at a college on Thursday.

Seven people were reportedly injured in the attack at Umpqua Community College.

The attacker was identified by unnamed officers, as local police refused to release his name.

Hours after the attack, President Obama demanded tighter gun laws, saying prayers are “no longer enough”.

“We are not the only country on Earth that has people with mental illnesses or want to do harm to other people.

“But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these mass shootings every few months.”

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